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Surf Spot Characteristics |
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alternative name | Surfers Point |
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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | World Class |
| | experience | all surfers |
| | surf frequency | regular |
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Wave |
| type | point-break |
| | direction | right |
| | bottom | sandy with rock |
| | power | - powerful
- fun
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| | normal length | long (150 to 300 m) |
| | good day | very Long (300 to 500 m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - SouthWest
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| | wind direction | - SouthWest
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| | swell size | starts working at less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+ |
| | tide position | all tides |
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Author: Ryan Malyon
Contributors (5)
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The Point Access |
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This is at the Northen end of the beach. Go to Jeffrey's Bay to the point. |
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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 | - rocks
- sharks
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | Closely gaurded wave by the locals and when you see it you cant blame them. Super long and powerful wave at its best thats get huge, has been seen at 15foot. Needs a big to huge SE swell to wrap in properly but surprises you often. Watch the rocks and when its big time your gap well otherwise you will be washed over the rocks and they are sharp
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Overview |
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Atmosphere |
The Point is a lovely fun wave that crumbles down the face. It is not a barrel but has a lot of power. Nice for carving and practicing your moves. Perfect Longboard wave. |
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Geo-localization |
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| Datum | WGS84 [ Help ] |
| GPS Lat. | 34° 1.50219' S |
| GPS Long. | 24° 55.8596' E |
| Precision | Approximate |
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GPS History (1)
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Last Surf Sessions |
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The Point, South Africa
By Pisco23, 2009-07-22 09:00:00
low tide, good swell
The swell was building, having dropped off after the BongofbillsPro. The water was noticibly colder today but still fine in a 3/2. I got worked by a wave after about 20 minutes and my back started blocking and twinging - otherwise I'
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The Point, South Africa
By Pisco23, 2009-07-21 14:00:00
tale of two halves
Started surfing about 100m up from 'the point' towards impossibles - got a few nice waves and a couple of closeouts - then either the tide was changing or I was out of position because for ages I didn't get any waves. I eventually p
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Last Surf Trips |
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Trip: Road Trip - South Africa
By Pisco23, From 2009-07-14 to 2009-07-23
Road Trip - South Africa
JoBurg - Durban - JBay - JoBurg. but avoiding the cold waters of CapeTown water....bought some secondhand Clayton boards in Durban, surfed some small beach-breaks to get back into surfing (its been a year since my last
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