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Anonymous surfer in south-west of France. Photo by C. Naslain, 2016.
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Cape Town
South Africa
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!
Seasonal swell & wind variations:
Depends where you are.
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| Water temp. | 13°C | 15°C | 18°C | 18°C | 15°C | 13°C |
| Air temp. | 35°C | 28°C | 18°C | 18°C | 25°C | 32°C |
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Seasonal swell & wind variations
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Surf Spots
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Quality | Direction | Type | Frequ | Experience |
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| 'Secret' spot | 9 / - | Left | Reef-rocky | 
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Experienced surfers | ||
| 1ste Steen | 2 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | ||
| 2de Steen | 1 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | ||
| 3de Steen | 6 / - | 
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Right and left | Beach-break | 
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All surfers | |
| AECI beachbreak. | 1 / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | ||
| Baileys cottage | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Bakoven | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky | 
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Bali Bay | 4 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Barnicles | 3 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Battery | 1 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Bellows | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Belly Dancers | 3 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Betty's Bay | 21 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Big Bay | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Blaauwberg | 1 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Black Rocks | 7 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Blinkklip Inner Reef | 1 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Blinkklip Reef | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Boneyards | 2 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Buffels Bay | 23 / - |
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Right | Point-break |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Camps Bay shorey | 8 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Cannonball Reef | 1 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Cemetery | 2 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Chapman's Peak mystery lefts. | 2 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky | 
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Cherry Rock | - / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Clifton 2nd Beach | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Clifton 3rd Beach | - / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | ||
| Clifton 4th Beach | 1 / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | ||
| Clovelly | 6 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Clovelly Wedge | 3 / - |
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Left | Sand-bar |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Conveyer Belts | 1 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Crabs | 2 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Crayfish Factory | 17 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Crayfish Reef | - / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Dangers, reef | 14 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Dias Beach | 27 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Die Poort | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Dolose point | - / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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All surfers | |
| Drainpipes | 1 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Duckies Reef | 1 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Dumps | - / - | Right | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | ||
| Dunes | 7 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break | Experienced surfers | ||
| Dungeons | 25 / 1 |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Dungeons (The Slab section) | 10 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Electrics | - / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Extensions | 2 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Gasworks | - / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Glen Beach | 14 / - |
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Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | |
| Glen Reef | 2 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Glencairn Reef | 7 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Gordon's Bay , Bikini beach | 11 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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All surfers | |
| Gordons Bay, Back Reef | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Gordons Bay, Bikini Shorebreak. | 1 / - | Right | breakwater/jetty |
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All surfers | ||
| Gordons Bay, helicopters | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Greenways Reef | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Haakgat Point | 2 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Harbour Island | - / - | Right | breakwater/jetty |
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All surfers | ||
| Hout Bay | 5 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Hout Bay Harbour Wall | 4 / - |
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Right | breakwater/jetty |
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All surfers | |
| I&J's | 1 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Inner kom | 4 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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All surfers | |
| Jerilotto | - / - |
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Right | Point-break |
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All surfers | |
| K 364 | - / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| K 365 | 6 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Kakapo | 1 / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | ||
| Kalk Bay (Backdoor) | 1 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Kalk Bay Reef | 49 / 1 |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Kelp Factory | 2 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Koeelbay (caves) | 21 / - |
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Right | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Koeelbay (Ledges) | 10 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Koeelbay (Main beach) | 3 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Kokkerot | 11 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Krans | 11 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Lagoon Mouth | 2 / - |
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Right | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | |
| Ledge | 2 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Leftovers | 2 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Little Bay | - / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Llandudno | 45 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | ||
| Long Beach | 9 / - |
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Right and left | Sand-bar | All surfers | ||
| Long Dong Island | 2 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Lucky Dube's | 1 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Mac's spot | - / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Madiba's Hat | 2 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Madiba's Left | 3 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Madiba's left (Outers) | - / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Madiba's Right | 2 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Madiba's Sack | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Magnet Rock | 2 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Marion Island Point | 1 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Milnerton | 9 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Milton Pool left | - / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Misty Cliffs | 8 / - |
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Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | |
| Monwabisi | 1 / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | ||
| Moonlight Bay | 4 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Muizenburg corner | 9 / 1 |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Beginners wave | |
| Mysto Freight Trains | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Nine mile Reef | 3 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Noordhoek Beach | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | |
| Off The Wall | 13 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Off the wall, Kalk Bay | 6 / - | Left | breakwater/jetty |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Olifants bos | 2 / - | Right | Point-break |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Oscar's Point | 3 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Outer Kom | 18 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Paranoia | 13 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Pebbles Shorey | 1 / - |
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Right | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| penguins | 2 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| pitzmah (clazo's ledge) | - / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Platboom | 7 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Poes | - / - | Left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | ||
| Potjielos | 4 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Pringle Bay | 19 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Pringle Bay Reef | 1 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Queens | 12 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky | Experienced surfers | ||
| Railways | - / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | ||
| Razorblades | 7 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Rocklands | 8 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Rooi Els | 1 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | ||
| Royals | 7 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Sandy Bay | 6 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Sandy Bay south | - / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Scarborough Beach | 4 / - |
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Right | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Scarborough Point | 7 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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All surfers | |
| Seconds | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Selecta's Wedge | - / - | Left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | ||
| Selis | - / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Silkies | 4 / - |
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Right | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | |
| Silver Sands | - / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Snottballs | 2 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | ||
| Solly's | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Southwest Reef | 1 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Strand (pipe) | 8 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Sunlight Bay | 1 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Sunset Beach | 2 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | ||
| Sunset reef | 15 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Tableview | 3 / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | ||
| Tafelberg Reef | 1 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| The Bluff left | - / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| The Boiler | 2 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| The Hoek | 23 / - |
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Right | Sand-bar |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| The Wedge | 7 / - | Left | breakwater/jetty |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Thermopylae | 9 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Thunder Dome | 5 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Tidal Pools | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Tidals | 1 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Tombstones | 4 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Underwater Point | 3 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Virgin Point | 5 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Washing Machines | 4 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Waterfalls | 3 / 1 |
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Left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | |
| Wipey's | 2 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | ||
| Witsands | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers |
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Comments
By Anonymous , 26-09-2007
- alright dudes im heading to cape town for the 08 new years is there still waves then?
By Pab , 13-09-2007
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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By Anonymous , 21-06-2008
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