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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | Regional Classic |
| | experience | experienced surfers |
| | surf frequency | regular |
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Wave |
| type | reef-coral |
| | direction | right and left |
| | bottom | reef (coral, sharp rocks etc..) |
| | power | - hollow
- fast
- powerful
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| | normal length | short (<50m) |
| | good day | long (150 to 300 m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - Don't know
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| | wind direction | - Don't know
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| | swell size | starts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to Don't know |
| | tide position | low and mid tide |
| | tide movement | rising and falling tides |
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Author: Tompie
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They surfed this spot ! (3)
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Watamu Bay Access |
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Go to Watamu bay beach and paddle out from Sun palm Beach hotel. The paddle is quite a distance (300m), but the waves that break on the reef are really worth it. The spot is just next the rock with the rectangular huts of the Watamu Beach Hotel, which you can see easily from the beach. Go in the morning, because then most of the time there is no wind and you have clean powerful waves. |
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distance | in the city |
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walk | instant access (<5 mn) |
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easy to find? | easy to find |
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public access? | public access |
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special access | Paddle > 20mn or Boat |
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More Details on Surfing |
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dangers | - urchins
- rocks
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | Be careful when you want to paddle back and the tide is going out. Make sure you have some power left, because you have to pass through some channel where all the water from the bay flows back to the open sea, and it's not easy to get through. And mind the reef, it's very shallow...
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Atmosphere |
It's a great spot, simply because there is NOBODY!!! You have the wave for yourself, the water is warm, palm trees are waving... Surfing has not really been discovered in Kenya, but it really has potential. I am not saying it has world class waves (at least not the ones I surfed), but you can really have fun on clean waves!!!!! |
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| Datum | WGS84 [ Help ] |
| GPS Lat. | 3° 21.1358' S |
| GPS Long. | 40° 1.61304' E |
| Precision | Approximate |
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