Olifants Bos Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

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

Surf Forecasts:

Olifants Bos surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 05 Nov 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 16.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Olifants Bos today?

The current surf forecast for Olifants Bos at 11PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 24s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Evening (05 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	13s

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

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	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	18	18	18	16	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	384	841	816	597	472	464	359	303	293	215	172	172	172	172	140	132	110	112	111	108	171	251	411	623
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:47PM 1.74				3:18AM 1.59				3:30PM 1.71				4:00AM 1.56				4:14PM 1.63				4:45AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			9:09PM -0.11				9:20AM 0.04				9:50PM -0.07				10:04AM 0.08				10:34PM 0.01				10:51AM 0.16

	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	17	17	16	16	18	18	20	17	16	16	16	16	20	21	20	21	18	17	16	17	19	19
Feels °C (?)	8	8	7	7	5	5	8	7	9	4	4	7	7	9	15	14	11	14	11	11	11	12	14	13

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