Olifants Bos Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.25° S 18.38° E)

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Olifants Bos surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 08 Sep 2025 SAST

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Olifants Bos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Olifants Bos sea temperature is 15.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Olifants Bos today?

The current surf forecast for Olifants Bos at 5AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 08). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	14s
Afternoon (08 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	14s
Evening (08 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	14s

Table - waves today at Olifants Bos. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	3	3	4	1	1	0	1	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3372	3517	3517	3331	2981	2731	2562	2285	2125	1796	1647	1482	1371	1243	1119	1018	932	775	731	623	760	744	966	1024
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	NE	N	NNW	WNW	W	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:22AM 1.58				3:40PM 1.74				3:59AM 1.60				4:15PM 1.76				4:36AM 1.57				4:51PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20PM 0.01				9:28AM -0.02				9:55PM -0.05				10:02AM -0.03				10:32PM -0.05				10:37AM 0.02

		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	15	17	19	18	17	17	16	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	17	17
Feels °C (?)	3	4	5	7	11	14	10	11	14	13	18	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	13	12	14	17	12	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Olifants Bos (calm at Meadowridge wx 26 km from Olifants Bos). A 2.4m groundswell from the SW
2 hours 13 minutes ago Olifants Bos

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26 km away, 2 h 13 min ago

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15.7

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