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alternative name | Big Bay |
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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | Regional Classic |
| | experience | all surfers |
| | surf frequency | regular |
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Wave |
| type | beach-break |
| | direction | right and left |
| | bottom | sandy |
| | power | - powerful
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| | normal length | normal (50 to 150m) |
| | good day | long (150 to 300 m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - East
- NorthEast
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| | wind direction | - SouthEast
- East
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| | swell size | starts working at less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 4m+ / 12ft |
| | tide position | all tides |
| | tide movement | rising and falling tides |
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Author: Neill Swanepoel
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Big Bay Access |
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Got to Capetown South Arfica,Travel from Capetown city north up the west coast of cape town. Pass a Place called Blue Berg Strand which is a popular beach among local holiday makers. And keep goin north. Between MelkBosStrand and Blue Berg Strand u have Big Bay if u travel north on the main coast road u cant miss it. U can also look up the phone number of the Big Bay Cafe for an adress if ur real useless. |
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distance | take a car |
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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 | Don't know |
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More Details on Surfing |
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week crowd |
empty |
| week-end crowd |
ok |
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dangers | - rips / undertow
- rocks
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | Get in in the weekdays gets pretty packed in weekends. Lots of parking though and a shop there to buy food and drinks. when it gets big its not as crowded out the back with good conditions,head out then for a good surf.
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Atmosphere |
Very friendly place many cool locals around the place not very aggresive as most locals. nice cafe with a good eviroment. great place to head out to with ur mates and catch some awsome waves during the week. |
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General |
Good waves, away from the city a good beach break by any standards. |
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Geo-localization |
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| Datum | WGS84 [ Help ] |
| GPS Lat. | 33° 47.53639' S |
| GPS Long. | 18° 27.06396' E |
| Precision | Approximate |
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Last Surf Sessions |
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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 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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Big Bay, South Africa
By kkuschke, 2007-03-18 12:00:00
1st time in Big Bay
This was my first time surfing in Big Bay. Awesome!! From what I've heard, it can be quite hectic out there. As I can NOT surf, this was great as I got up a few times.
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comment by Anonymous, 2008-01-14 22:10:20