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 7 pm Tuesday 15 Jul 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 16.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Olifants Bos today?

The current surf forecast for Olifants Bos at 11PM is: 3.5m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Jul)	7.5ft (2.3m)	14s
Evening (15 Jul)	11ft (3.5m)	18s

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

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	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wed 23
	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	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	9	9	9	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	13	13	13	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2767	6223	7251	6861	6237	4980	4737	3541	3403	4558	3859	3598	4498	9604	6374	13009	14444	15139	16489	16284	15673	15084	13251	10818	9237	8296	6699	6152	4942	4186	3404	3050	2679	2221	2045	1651	1407	1302	1290	1290	1446	1425	1274	1539	3863	2466	3165	3145	4334	2744	2887	1448	986	891	688	629	550	405	369	356
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	W	W	W	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	E	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NNW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:27PM 1.49				6:45AM 1.29				7:12PM 1.44				7:38AM 1.21					8:05PM 1.38				8:43AM 1.13				9:11PM 1.31				10:04AM 1.09				10:30PM 1.27					11:31AM 1.12				11:51PM 1.29				12:45PM 1.20				1:00AM 1.34				1:44PM 1.30				1:58AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)				12:44AM 0.26				12:47PM 0.26				1:35AM 0.30				1:36PM 0.34					2:36AM 0.35				2:38PM 0.43				3:50AM 0.39				3:59PM 0.49					5:14AM 0.38				5:31PM 0.48				6:30AM 0.32				6:50PM 0.41				7:32AM 0.24				7:52PM 0.32

	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wed 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	4	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	13	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	11	13	13	13	12
Feels °C (?)	10	10	10	10	8	7	6	8	9	8	7	7	8	9	7	7	7	9	8	8	10	9	9	9	7	6	7	7	10	11	11	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	9	7	5	5	2	3	4	5	6	6	5	4	3	1	2	7	10	10	10	10

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Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Olifants Bos (light winds from the SSW at Slangkop 13 km from Olifants Bos). A 2.7m long period groundswell from the SW
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Actual: 54 min ago

13 km/h

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