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Gerickes back reef


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South Africa, South Garden Route

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Surf Spot Characteristics
  alternative nameExplosives
    Surf Quality
 wave qualityRegional Classic
 experiencepros or kamikaze only...
 surf frequencyvery consistent (150 day/year)
    Wave
typereef-coral
 directionright and left
 bottomreef (coral, sharp rocks etc..)
 power- hollow
- fast
- powerful
- ledgey
- slab
 normal lengthnormal (50 to 150m)
 good daylong (150 to 300 m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- South
- Don't know
 wind direction- East
 swell sizestarts working at 1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft and holds up to 4m+ / 12ft
 tide positionlow and mid tide
 tide movementfalling tide
  Author: saffajono
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Gerickes back reef Access
  Go To Gerickes point in Sedgefield. Walk down the beach (20min) past the point and look out as soon as you cross the headland. (Past the Gerickes lefthander 'point' break.) If its on, it'll be there and you'll see it.
  distancetake a car
  walkgood walk (15-30 mn)
  easy to find?OK
  public access?public access
  special accessPaddle > 20mn or Boat
    More Details on Surfing
  week crowd empty
week-end crowd empty
  dangers- urchins
- rips / undertow
- rocks
- sharks
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 We call this spot explosives but dont know, locals might have named it already? Never seen anyone out here though, everytime we've surfed it, it has been only us out. Crazy mother of a wave and deffinately not for the faint hearted. Needs a big, clean groundswell to start working properly and is best enjoyed on glassy days with no wind. (Spring is good.) Best on low tide. This is when youll get the best and biggest barrels. On superlow it turns into a mutant slab which gets dangerous. Breaks predominantly right but left too over a shallow volcanic rock reef. (Which hurts when you hit it.)
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  Atmosphere Takes a pretty long paddle to get there and local fisherman have reported seeing many huge great whites in the area, so be careful and get out've there if you start getting a bad vibe. We've seen plenty of movement in the water.
  General Awsome. Seen guys out at Gerickes point (the left) but never out here. Bring a friend and watch out for sharks!!!
 
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DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.34° 2.14824' S
GPS Long.22° 45.50102' E
PrecisionApproximate
 
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