Olifants Bos surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 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
15.8° C
(Which is 3.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Olifants Bos today?

The current surf forecast for Olifants Bos at 7AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 22). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (22 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111121212161514141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)850756743648626553512512594793920864254925632460219119451774151514491245122612071032
Wind
(km/h)
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
ESE
55
SE
60
SE
70
SE
60
ESE
50
ESE
35
ESE
25
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
1.64
5:30PM
1.44
5:45AM
1.51
6:14PM
1.32
6:32AM
1.35
7:08PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
0.07
11:23AM
0.05
11:31PM
0.17
12:04PM
0.18
12:15AM
0.31
12:54PM
0.33
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset------6:54-------6:53-------6:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717171818181818181818192021202019192022232221
Feels °C (?)1110111012111110101010991010101214171921232321
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