Olifants Bos Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Cape Town, South Africa)

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Olifants Bos Surf Guide

Olifants Bos in Cape Peninsula is an exposed reef and point break that has fairly consistent surf. Autumn and winter are the best times of year for waves. The best wind direction is from the southeast. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the best swell direction is from the west southwest. Sometimes crowded. Watch out for sharks.

Olifants Bos Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef and point	2	fairly consistent	17.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Olifants Bos:

The best conditions reported for surf at Olifants Bos occur when a West-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Southeast.

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What's the best time of year to surf Olifants Bos (for consistent clean waves)?

januaryBest Season: summer

The best time of year for surfing Olifants Bos with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Summer and most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 69% of the time in January while 20% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 11% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

69%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

20%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

11%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

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Interactive Olifants Bos surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The nearest passenger airport to Olifants Bos is Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in South Africa, which is 38 km (24 miles) away (directly). The second closest airport to Olifants Bos is Oudtshoorn Airport (DUH), also in South Africa, 359 km (223 miles) away.

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Olifants Bos Surf Forecasts:

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Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 13:31 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 06
ft, °F	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Wave (m)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off

Tides at Olifants Bos

Current tide and informaton

For Black Rocks, 9 km from Olifants Bos.

Next High Water: 05:55pm | 1.19m

Next Low Water: 11:55pm | 0.49m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Olifants Bos Sea Temperature

The Olifants Bos water temperature is reasonably warm (17.9 °C) and the air temperature will similar (windchill forecast 16.0 °C). A good quality summer wetsuit would be ideal.

Today, many surfers would wear a summer wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 17.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite