The Hoek
Location: Cape Peninsula, Noordhoek
Type of break: Hollow windy beach break
Description:
It's round. It's freezing cold. It's green. The descriptive phrase for a barrel, the Green Room, could have been coined here. Potent wedging A-Frame barrels break on a shallow sandbar in crisp clean water and a majestic setting. A reef offshore seems to concentrate the swell on to sand bar at the Hoek, below spectacular Chapman's Peak drive. When at it's best, this wave is a world class tube, short but round and perfect. Often one has to tuck in on take-off, due to a lip that throws fast and hard. Protected, slightly, from the Southeaster (offshore here), The Hoek works on a low tide and copes, just, with swell at 6 - 7 ', although you have to be selective. *****
Accomodations for the Wave
- Chill & Surf
- Location: Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie
- Short Description:
The backpacker lodge for people who want to do exactly that. Chill & Surf. A place to hang with like-minded free-spirits who’re going where the weather suits their clothes.