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South Coast

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  Only one of the most beautiful parts of this amazing country... oh and the surfs good too. This part is actually known as the SOUTH COAST and not the Garden route, the garden route starts at around Mossel Bay. The SOUTH COAST has some classic spots with very consistenet surf aswell. A 70 mile coastline from Durban to Port Edward has the most consistent, Indian Ocean warm water experience. Prevailing wind in winter is South West, bringing big powerful waves. Summer has fun, fitness style waves. Most popular spots are Scottburgh, Banana Beach, Margate, St Michaels on Sea, Uvongo and Ramsgate all with right hand point break, all within a 40 mile stretch of great driving roads. Lucien and Shark's point have amazing left point breaks.Sometimes better known for its classic righthand pointbreaks is Stillbay in the Eastern Cape, you dont have to travel too far from one spot to another to find something good. Many famous beachbreaks, reefbreaks etc and the water is considerably warmer than Capetown. You'll find plenty of holiday spots, mostly for Afrikaans people so accomodation is no problem but a 4x4 will help for dust roads and getting to some points. During summer holidays (Dec - Feb) a few well known spots will be crowded but the rest of the year, which has bigger swell, its pretty much empty besides a few locals. There is a large part of´'undiscovered' surf territory aswell which are known for a couple of gems which turn on regularly. Beautiful coastline and friendly people, South Africa is one of the worlds most surf spoiled countries.
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1 A-Span   right and left sand-bar experienced surfers
2 Aghulus Reef   right and left reef-rocky all surfers
3 Arniston right and left beach-break all surfers
4 Baby J right and left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
5 Bay view 24  right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
6 Bettysbay (main beach) right and left beach-break all surfers
7 Buffeljags Bay right and left beach-break all surfers
8 Camelot right reef-rocky experienced surfers
9 Cape Infanta right point-break all surfers
10 Chrystal Road   right beach-break all surfers
11 Colonels right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
12 De Kelders right and left reef-rocky all surfers
13 Die Dam   right point-break experienced surfers
14 Dolphins right reef-rocky experienced surfers
15 Gansbaai Reefs right and left reef-rocky all surfers
16 Gerickes back reef right and left reef-coral pros or kamikaze only...
17 Glentana   right and left beach-break all surfers
18 Gouritsmouth right and left sand-bar all surfers
19 Grootbrak   right and left rivermouth all surfers
20 Grotto Beach   right and left beach-break all surfers
21 Hardebaai right reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
22 Hawston   left breakwater/jetty all surfers
23 herolds bay left beach-break all surfers
24 Hobie Beach right and left beach-break experienced surfers
25 Igoda   right and left beach-break all surfers
26 Jessies Bay right and left sand-bar all surfers
27 Kak Gat (KAK HOLE) right reef-rocky all surfers
28 Kakkarlak right reef-rocky experienced surfers
29 Kammabaai   right and left beach-break all surfers
30 Kanon right point-break experienced surfers
31 Kleinmond left reef-rocky experienced surfers
32 Lelik Reef right reef-rocky experienced surfers
33 Meerensee beach right and left rivermouth all surfers
34 Meisho Maru right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
35 Mini Reef left reef-rocky all surfers
36 Mosselrivier Rivermouth   right and left rivermouth all surfers
37 Nature's Valley right and left sand-bar experienced surfers
38 North Westerns right reef-rocky experienced surfers
39 Onrus right and left reef-rocky all surfers
40 Pearly Beach right and left beach-break all surfers
41 Pearly Reef right reef-rocky all surfers
42 Peerboom right and left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
43 Plett Wedge experienced surfers
44 Quoin Point (Insides) right point-break experienced surfers
45 Quoin Point (Outsides) right point-break pros or kamikaze only...
46 Ramyatoolies left reef-rocky experienced surfers
47 Rondeclip experienced surfers
48 Sandbaai Beach right beach-break all surfers
49 Saxon (left)   left reef-rocky experienced surfers
50 Seaweeds left reef-rocky experienced surfers
51 Silversands beach   right and left beach-break experienced surfers
52 Skipskop   right and left sand-bar all surfers
53 Skulpiesbaai right reef-rocky experienced surfers
54 St Sebastian Bay   right and left beach-break experienced surfers
55 Stanford beachbreak   right and left beach-break all surfers
56 Still Bay (lefts) left point-break experienced surfers
57 Still Bay (Reef) 14  right reef-rocky experienced surfers
58 Struisbaai Harbour Wedge   left breakwater/jetty all surfers
59 Struisbaai Reef right reef-rocky all surfers
60 Suiderstrand   right and left sand-bar all surfers
61 The Computer   left reef-rocky experienced surfers
62 The Point right point-break experienced surfers
63 The Toilet (Chowpoo) left reef-rocky experienced surfers
64 Uilkraalmond   right rivermouth all surfers
65 Vendetta Reef left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
66 Vleesbaai 11  right point-break experienced surfers
67 Voelklip right reef-rocky all surfers
68 Waenhuiskrans Arniston Roman beach right and left sand-bar all surfers
69 Waenhuiskrans Point right point-break experienced surfers
70 XXX right reef-rocky experienced surfers
71 Yellowsand   right and left sand-bar all surfers


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Regular Swell
Typical Swell Size
< 1m / 3ft

1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft

2m-2.5m / 6ft-8ft

2.5m-3m / 8ft-10ft

2m-2.5m / 6ft-8ft

1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft
Surf Equipment Springsuit Fullsuit Fullsuit Fullsuit Fullsuit Springsuit
Water temp. 18°C
64°F
18°C
64°F
16°C
61°F
16°C
61°F
18°C
64°F
18°C
64°F
Air temp. 32°C
90°F
24°C
75°F
18°C
64°F
17°C
63°F
22°C
72°F
28°C
82°F
Climate

Dominant Swell and Wind Direction :
SW\S Swell. NE Winds.

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By Weza, 2010-03-03 16:11:48
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comment by Matt, 2005-10-26 21:51:55

You guys are wrong.
You guys are wrong. This region is not the Garden Route! The Garden Route starts at Mossel Bay and ends at Storms River area. So, the George Region is actual The Garden Route. Someone must correct this mistake.

comment by anonymous, 2004-07-18 15:31:41

Boycott Continental Iberia Delat United and KLM.
Please all surfers listen!!!! We must act now, it's getting worst, airlines now even embargo surfboard. Try to convice any one you can to boycott (stop using) those airlines. See: http://www.surftrip.net/step3/newsold1.htm

comment by hallan@bloomberg.net, 2000-12-31 20:29:52

Best breaks in the world.
outstanding surf, great wine, food and some of the most beautiful country in the world. Friendly too. Based myself in mossel bay with friendzsurf tours. They made it very easy to get outstanding surf. Several breaks which work over different aspects. Check the season. Good thing with friendzsurf is that they know this area real well, they are cheap and they are exactly as the name suggests. check out the site at www.friendzsurf.com

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