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Cape Town

South Africa

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Characteristics
  Cape Town is one of the coolest cities on this small planet, to make it even better, it has great surfing. Expect cold water, especially in summer when the antarctic currents bursh past. Swell has an uninterupted line all the way from Cape Horn - big powerful waves on offer! Alternatively swing round to the False Bay side to enjoy the tropical (!) waters of the indian ocean - OK, not exactly tropical but several degrees warmer. Winter months (June - August) are best with the most swell being pushed in by huge storms between Cape Town and the antarctic but generally South Africa is one of the worlds most surf spoiled countries, which means there is surf all year round, depending where you are. Happy surfing bru!
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  Surf Spot Photo GPS Quality Direction Type Frequency Level
1 'Secret' spot left reef-rocky experienced surfers
2 1ste Steen right and left beach-break all surfers
3 2de Steen right and left beach-break all surfers
4 3de Steen right and left beach-break all surfers
5 AECI beachbreak. right and left sand-bar all surfers
6 Baileys cottage right and left reef-rocky all surfers
7 Bakoven right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
8 Bali Bay right reef-rocky experienced surfers
9 Barnicles left reef-rocky experienced surfers
10 Battery right reef-rocky experienced surfers
11 Bellows right and left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
12 Belly Dancers right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
13 Betty's Bay right and left beach-break all surfers
14 Big Bay right and left beach-break all surfers
15 Blaauwberg right and left beach-break experienced surfers
16 Black Rocks right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
17 Blinkklip Inner Reef left reef-rocky experienced surfers
18 Blinkklip Reef right and left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
19 Boneyards right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
20 Buffels Bay 20  right point-break pros or kamikaze only...
21 Camps Bay shorey right and left beach-break experienced surfers
22 Cannonball Reef right reef-rocky experienced surfers
23 Cemetery right and left beach-break all surfers
24 Chapman's Peak mystery lefts. left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
25 Cherry Rock   left reef-rocky all surfers
26 Clifton 2nd Beach right and left reef-rocky all surfers
27 Clifton 3rd Beach   right and left sand-bar all surfers
28 Clifton 4th Beach right and left sand-bar all surfers
29 Clovelly right and left beach-break all surfers
30 Clovelly Wedge left sand-bar experienced surfers
31 Conveyer Belts right reef-rocky experienced surfers
32 Crabs right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
33 Crayfish Factory 15  right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
34 Crayfish Reef   left reef-rocky experienced surfers
35 Dangers, reef 14  right and left reef-rocky all surfers
36 Dias Beach 27  right and left beach-break experienced surfers
37 Die Poort right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
38 Dolose point   left point-break all surfers
39 Drainpipes right reef-rocky experienced surfers
40 Duckies Reef left reef-rocky experienced surfers
41 Dumps   right sand-bar all surfers
42 Dunes right and left beach-break experienced surfers
43 Dungeons 25  right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
44 Dungeons (The Slab section) right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
45 Electrics   right reef-rocky all surfers
46 Extensions right reef-rocky experienced surfers
47 Gasworks   right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
48 Glen Beach 10  right and left sand-bar all surfers
49 Glen Reef left reef-rocky all surfers
50 Glencairn Reef left reef-rocky experienced surfers
51 Gordon's Bay , Bikini beach left point-break all surfers
52 Gordons Bay, Back Reef right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
53 Gordons Bay, Bikini Shorebreak. right breakwater/jetty all surfers
54 Gordons Bay, helicopters   right and left reef-rocky all surfers
55 Greenways Reef right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
56 Haakgat Point   left point-break experienced surfers
57 Harbour Island   right breakwater/jetty all surfers
58 Hout Bay right and left beach-break all surfers
59 Hout Bay Harbour Wall right breakwater/jetty all surfers
60 I&J's right reef-rocky experienced surfers
61 Inner kom left point-break all surfers
62 Jerilotto   right point-break all surfers
63 K 364   left reef-rocky experienced surfers
64 K 365 right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
65 Kakapo right and left reef-rocky all surfers
66 Kalk Bay (Backdoor) right reef-rocky experienced surfers
67 Kalk Bay Reef 49  left reef-rocky experienced surfers
68 Kelp Factory right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
69 Koeelbay (caves) 20  right beach-break experienced surfers
70 Koeelbay (Ledges) right reef-rocky experienced surfers
71 Koeelbay (Main beach) right and left beach-break all surfers
72 Kokkerot 10  right reef-rocky experienced surfers
73 Krans 11  right and left beach-break experienced surfers
74 Lagoon Mouth right sand-bar all surfers
75 Ledge left reef-rocky experienced surfers
76 Leftovers left reef-rocky experienced surfers
77 Little Bay   right and left beach-break all surfers
78 Llandudno 40  right and left beach-break all surfers
79 Long Beach right and left sand-bar all surfers
80 Long Dong Island left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
81 Lucky Dube's left reef-rocky experienced surfers
82 Mac's spot   right reef-rocky all surfers
83 Madiba's Hat right reef-rocky all surfers
84 Madiba's Left left reef-rocky experienced surfers
85 Madiba's left (Outers)   left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
86 Madiba's Right right reef-rocky experienced surfers
87 Madiba's Sack   right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
88 Magnet Rock right reef-rocky all surfers
89 Marion Island Point   right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
90 Milnerton right and left beach-break all surfers
91 Milton Pool left   left reef-rocky all surfers
92 Misty Cliffs right and left sand-bar all surfers
93 Monwabisi right and left sand-bar all surfers
94 Moonlight Bay right reef-rocky experienced surfers
95 Muizenburg corner right and left beginners wave
96 Mysto Freight Trains right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
97 Nine mile Reef right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
98 Noordhoek Beach right and left sand-bar all surfers
99 Off The Wall left reef-rocky experienced surfers
100 Off the wall, Kalk Bay left breakwater/jetty experienced surfers
101 Olifants bos right point-break experienced surfers
102 Oscar's Point right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
103 Outer Kom 14  left reef-rocky experienced surfers
104 Paranoia 11  left point-break experienced surfers
105 Pebbles Shorey right beach-break experienced surfers
106 Platboom left reef-rocky experienced surfers
107 Poes   left beach-break all surfers
108 Potjielos left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
109 Pringle Bay 14  right and left beach-break experienced surfers
110 Pringle Bay Reef left reef-rocky all surfers
111 Queens 12  left reef-rocky experienced surfers
112 Railways   right and left sand-bar all surfers
113 Razorblades left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
114 Rocklands left reef-rocky experienced surfers
115 Rooi Els   right and left beach-break all surfers
116 Royals right reef-rocky experienced surfers
117 Sandy Bay right and left beach-break all surfers
118 Scarborough Beach right beach-break all surfers
119 Scarborough Point left point-break all surfers
120 Seconds   right and left reef-coral experienced surfers
121 Selecta's Wedge   left beach-break all surfers
122 Silkies right and left beach-break all surfers
123 Snottballs right and left beach-break all surfers
124 Solly's   right and left reef-rocky all surfers
125 Southwest Reef right and left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
126 Strand (pipe) right and left beach-break all surfers
127 Sunlight Bay left reef-rocky all surfers
128 Sunset Beach right and left beach-break all surfers
129 Sunset reef 15  right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
130 Tableview right and left sand-bar all surfers
131 Tafelberg Reef right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
132 The Bluff left   left reef-rocky all surfers
133 The Boiler   right reef-rocky all surfers
134 The Hoek 21  right sand-bar pros or kamikaze only...
135 The Wedge left breakwater/jetty experienced surfers
136 Thermopylae left reef-rocky all surfers
137 Thunder Dome right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
138 Tidal Pools right and left reef-rocky all surfers
139 Tidals   left reef-rocky experienced surfers
140 Tombstones left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
141 Underwater Point right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
142 Virgin Point left point-break pros or kamikaze only...
143 Washing Machines right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
144 Wipey's right and left beach-break all surfers
145 Witsands right and left reef-rocky all surfers


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Surfing Season
Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec
Best Surfing Season
Occasional Swell

Regular Swell

Best season

Best season

Regular Swell

Occasional Swell
Typical Swell Size
1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft

1.5m-2m / 5ft-6ft

2m-2.5m / 6ft-8ft

3m-4m / 10ft-12ft

2m-2.5m / 6ft-8ft

1.5m-2m / 5ft-6ft
Surf Equipment Survival Kit Survival Kit Fullsuit Fullsuit Fullsuit Fullsuit
Water temp. 13°C
55°F
15°C
59°F
18°C
64°F
18°C
64°F
15°C
59°F
13°C
55°F
Air temp. 35°C
95°F
28°C
82°F
18°C
64°F
18°C
64°F
25°C
77°F
32°C
90°F
Climate

Dominant Swell and Wind Direction :
Depends where you are.

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Muizenburg corner, South Africa
By kkuschke, 2007-08-01 16:30:00

Actually quite a good session. As I can't actually surf, it was loads of fun, as I got up a few times. A lot of work getting out though, as the waves were quite strong for Muizenburg. Water was freezing cold, but awesome fun!
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Big Bay, South Africa
By ernst, 2007-05-03 17:30:00


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Big Bay, South Africa
By kkuschke, 2007-04-18 18:00:00
Crazy
This was the craziest surf session ever. Ernst & I went out, just after I bought my new board. We were also the only "dumb" people in the water, apart from a few kite-surfers. Needless to say, our session wasn't very long, and it mu
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Big Bay, South Africa
By kkuschke, 2007-03-21 13:30:00
2nd Time in Big Bay

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Big Bay, South Africa
By ernst, 2007-03-21 13:00:00
Smooth & Small
Was a great day after a no-surf-trip to the USA over the last 10 days.
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comment by Anonymous, 2008-06-21 03:25:28

public transport to surf
Hi. Is there a public bus/train that I can take from UCT to the surf? If so do they allow you to carry on a surfboard?? Hope someone knows

comment by Anonymous, 2007-09-26 10:40:18


alright dudes im heading to cape town for the 08 new years is there still waves then?

comment by Pab, 2007-09-13 14:09:01

From Chile
I am from chile and surf for many year and surf all over world but i think best surf in worlds is here in Capetown, i have never seen so much good surf you are lucky to live here.

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