Results for search: 52 records found
  • 364

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    Some bright sparks say the left on the other side of 365 is called 364.
  • 365

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    There are two theories to how it got its name - because the wedging barrel is so round it's 360 degrees plus another five, and because there is a wave here 365 days of the year.
  • Beach Road

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Melkbos
  • Short Description:

    A classic righthand sandbar point at Melkbos (11th Avenue).
  • Big Bay

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Blouberg
  • Short Description:

    A windy beachbreak popular with sailboarders.
  • Boneyards

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    Travelling around from Long Beach brings you to a series of outer reefs.
  • Captains

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Melkbos
  • Short Description:

    Fickle reef/sand breaks in Melkbos (22nd Avenue).
  • Crayfish Factory

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    The most commonly ridden big wave spot in Cape Town.
  • Derde Steen

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Blouberg
  • Short Description:

    A fun beach break about 25 minutes north of Cape Town.
  • Dumps

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Milnerton
  • Short Description:

    A fickle wave that gets good on occasion.
  • Dunes

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Noordhoek
  • Short Description:

    The Dunes was even better years ago.
  • Dungeons

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Hout Bay
  • Short Description:

    One of a number of big wave spots ridden by a handful of Cape Town's hard core crew.
  • Eerste Steen

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Blouberg
  • Short Description:

    Hollow peaking beachbreaks.
  • Extensions

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Scarborough
  • Short Description:

    Extensions gets hollow and fast.
  • Glen Beach

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, Camps Bay
  • Short Description:

    Tucked away in the corner of upmarket Camps Bay nearest to Sea Point, Glen Beach is one of the most established surf spots in Cape Town.
  • Haakgat

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Melkbos
  • Short Description:

    Sectiony left point and beach breaks, inconsistent and exposed, depends on sandbank.
  • Holbaai

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Melkbos
  • Short Description:

    Between Haakgat and Melkbos.
  • Horse Trails

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Blouberg
  • Short Description:

    So named due to the nearby estate of Terence Millard, a famous racehorse trainer. Good hollow wave in 4-6ft conditions.
  • Hout Bay

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Hout Bay
  • Short Description:

    In this fishing village, tucked around from the Sentinel, waves can be found off the harbour wall and down the beach.
  • I & J

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    There are a number of rideable spots to the left of 365. This is one of them.
  • Inner Kom

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    On the inside section at Outer Kom, there is a miniature point.
  • Kakapo

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Noordhoek
  • Short Description:

    Just down from Dunes, there is an old wreck embedded in the sand.
  • Kamer van 17

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Blouberg
  • Short Description:

    A left sandy point.
  • Kreefte Reef

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Melkbos
  • Short Description:

    Kelpy right-hander reef break.
  • Krons, Krans

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    A shorebreak wave just to the right of Long Beach.
  • Llandudno

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, Llandudno
  • Short Description:

    Very popular summer surfing spot.
  • Long Beach

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    Another established Cape Town surf spot peopled by masses of up and coming surf rats.
  • Milnerton

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Milnerton
  • Short Description:

    The closer to the city, the smaller the swell because the swell window begins to disappear, with the coast blocked by the northern corner of the Cape peninsula.
  • Misty Cliffs

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Scarborough
  • Short Description:

    Further down, is a misty beach aptly named.
  • Noordhoek Beach

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Noordhoek
  • Short Description:

    A beautiful beach that runs from Chapman's Peak Drive to Kommetjie.
  • Off the wall

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Cape Town
  • Short Description:

    Small take-off area with long wall. Handles big swell.
  • Olifants Bos

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Scarborough
  • Short Description:

    There are a number of waves in the Cape Point Nature Reserve that have some good surf.
  • Outer Kom

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    Another landmark wave in Cape Town. The Kom is a point / reef where peaks break powerfully on the outside of a small point.
  • Platboom

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Scarborough
  • Short Description:

    It breaks a bit in the kelp, but produces some excellent waves.
  • Queens

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, Sea Point
  • Short Description:

    Somewhat knobbly Sea Point lefthand reef.
  • Rocklands

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, Sea Point
  • Short Description:

    A gnarly left reef down from Off the Wall in Sea Point.
  • Rocklands

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, Sea Point
  • Short Description:

    A gnarly left reef down from Off the Wall in Sea Point.
  • Sandy Bay

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, Llandudno
  • Short Description:

    When Llandudno is closing out, Sandy Bay is a good option.
  • Scarborough Beach

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Scarborough
  • Short Description:

    There are three possible breaks here.
  • Scarborough point

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Scarborough
  • Short Description:

    This fickle left hand point needs the right conditions to work.
  • Silwerstroom

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Melkbos, Silwerstroom
  • Short Description:

    When the swell is tiny on the peninsula and the ocean is glassy, surfers often get lucky at Silwerstroom (Silver Stream).
  • Small Bay

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Blouberg
  • Short Description:

    Marginal beach break. Enough said.
  • Solly`s

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, Sea Point
  • Short Description:

    A short reef break, breaking left and right, with an outer reef that works when big, depending on swell direction.
  • Sunset

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    Just beyond Dunes, out to sea, lies a bombora.
  • Sunset beach

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Milnerton, Sunset Beach
  • Short Description:

    Scattered beachbreaks at relatively new suburb called Sunset.
  • Table View

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Table View
  • Short Description:

    In front of the old Doodles Restaurant. Similar to Blouberg (Big Bay). One of South Africa's best kitesurfing spots!
  • The Boiler

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
  • Short Description:

    Just to the left of the Kom, in front of the Lighthouse, is a juicy righthander.
  • The Hoek

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Noordhoek
  • Short Description:

    The wedging perfection of the Hoek could inspire one to poetry.
  • The Wedge

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Milnerton
  • Short Description:

    Tucked away in the corner near Cape Town harbour, The Wedge is the first surf spot on the stretch of beach that runs all the way to Blouberg.
  • Thermopylae

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Cape Town
  • Short Description:

    Hairy reef break spot that breaks on a rock shelf, just north of Cape Town's harbour.
  • Tweede Steen

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Blouberg
  • Short Description:

    A similar beach break setup to Derde Steen, except a lot more fickle and lacking the same quality.
  • Van Riebeek

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Melkbos
  • Short Description:

    Fickle beachbreak in Melkbos (North of Ou Skip caravan park).
  • Witsands

  • Location: Cape Peninsula, Scarborough
  • Short Description:

    This spot is everything the Factory isn't, even though it's only a few hundred metres away.