If it is small paddle from the beach or jump off the pier. 6 Feet plus you should jump off the pier, you need very good timing between sets and you must paddle like crazy.Early mornings are quiet. The right is always best on low tide. When surfing it small you can really hit it hard, don't hold back at all. In small surf it is normally very busy, you need to show the same respect as you would at your home break - There are locals, some with bad attitudes, but if you hold back you will not get any waves. There can be a hundred people in the water on an offshore 4 foot day, in which case you have to hassle a bit. When it is 6 foot and over the "Bad Boy" locals stay on the pier. You must ride a gun on low tide as it gets very hollow and fast with some waves offering more than one barrel, on high tide you can still ride a short board on the medium big days and will be able to do big carves! The banks are pretty much the same year after year and change between winter from a running outside wave to summer being bowls. On any big swell though, summer or winter the outside right will be on with a South West wind.Smile, visitors sit wide (there is always a wide set!) when the pecking order is in place, DO NOT DROP IN! And if it's firing it's 'Barrels from heaven!'Watch out for thieves. Don't get caught too deep on a big day or it's hit the pier time for you, ask Richie Sills.

At the beginning get the help from the lifeguard and relax, because when you fall on the foamy bottom it can be sore if you are tense. Try directly at the big flow rider but on a small wave. Ask the guy who choose the size of the wave to put it small. Sizes range from 1-10.

At ansteys the banks are always changing. In winter you go for weeks of perfect offshore mornings with epic barrels, whilst in summer the waves are fun and offer high-performance peaks ranging from good shorebreaks to fun waves out the back. Basically there is always a different wave, which makes it exciting. There are carparks spreading from Ansteys down to Cave Rock.

There is a little concrete walkway heading out into the surf to the right of the car park, which saves your feet from the urchins, but on bigger days the rip just keeps you paddling. Alternately you could paddle out from the right of the break and come around from the back. But time it right because getting caught inside at Nahoon will give you an experience you will be telling your Grandchildren about. Be warned, this spot is seriously sharks, surfers get attacked every year.

A strong storm from the southwest, or the unusual southeast, is needed to push waves into the Bay. Such storms are almost always accompanied by offshore southwest winds. The harder the wind blows, the bigger it gets.

SuperTubes: a powerful wall, drawing larger swell energy from the upper reefs and funneling it for around 200 yards, letting the skilled surfer dictate the terms of a ride without ever seeming weak or unchallenging.The wave is best in the 4 – 8 ft category.

J-Bay is a very long pointbreak (about 1-1.5km), on flat-lying slate (not volcanic rock as most guides say), that can be divided into several sections:

Boneyards: basically the very top of the point. Breaks very hard and fast way out the back on bigger swells, and hopefully you link up with Supers. It's a heavier wave than Supers.

Supertubes: the main event at J-Bay, sand over rock. Long-walled, fast, perfect, hollow waves, with barrels possible all the way along, but more often towards the end. The wave tends to 'slide' along the point, dissipating the whitewash for easier duck dives and focusing the energy on the breaking wave. The wall seems to keep coming up at you faster than you expect. The tubes usually need to be ridden high in the pocket. Sets can break wide on bigger days. When it's really big, the wave has been known to link up all the way to the town beach, through several sections, for a ride of about 1-1.3km+, but on a decent 6 foot+ day the waves are usually about 400m+ long. Tales of 4 or 5 minute rides are exagerated, to get all the way to the end of the long point (which is very rare) is about a 2 minute+ ride, and it needs to be 10 foot+. 'Supers' is definitely one of the best points in the world.

Salad Bowls and Tubes: there are several sections between the main wave at 'Supertubes' and 'the Point' further down, which work during different tides and swells. Tubes is a barrel that works on medium size swells about 600m+ down from the top of Supertubes.

The Point: fat, slow moving wave, that wraps into a little cove at the end of the long point, for about 150m. Holds some size, but doesn't have the barrels or the class of Supers.

Albatross: inconsistent final section on sand over reef, way down in front of the beach and across from 'the Point'. Needs bigger swells, and apparently gets good.

There is actually a surf spot just inside the Knysna Heads, believe it or not. A small group of locals ride it quite often. With a solid swell running outside the cliffs, the sand bars here gladly accept fun and hollow 3'-4' waves but it has been surfed big. The fun is tempered with the knowledge that you have to paddle all the way across the channel to the other side, often when the tide is pushing in through the heads. Incidentally, the Knysna Heads are only one of two places in the world where vessels won't by insured by Lloyds shipping agents. This adds a bit more spice to a daring dash across the channel.

At the Cape Town end of Tableview, a Turkish boat, the Seli1, ran aground in the winter of 2009 in one of the Cape’s notorious storms. It’s ugly and rusty and smelly and residual oil has messed a few boards. Swell action heaves up against the long dead ship and sort of surges around both ends in an encompassing action, like a lover's arms. The main wave is an A-frame, which jacks suddenly, then has a short steep section, before becoming a mellow wall. It’s one of those versatile waves that is suitable to ride on a longboard or a shortboard, and the stand up paddlers seem to have made it their favoured spot. Some sections are very mellow and others
fast and if you’re lucky you might encounter quite hollow sections.
There are additional waves as well on the periphery of the main wave, so there are enough to go round. When the rest of Tableview is unruly and difficult to get out to the back, the Wreck offers its welcome, with a couple of channels to help you on your way. However, don’t be deceived by its evident equanimity – quite a few boards have suffered brutal incidents there. Make the most of it - it will not last for ever.

This is one of the few breaks in Cape Town that holds up in a South West wind. There is a permanent sandbar in the middle of the break with peaks breaking left and right. The left is very consistent and breaks into a channel. The right sometimes closes out or fades, but can still give great long rides on the right day, which end over a rocky area. The shore break can get a little serious on big days - you may want to kick out before you get there. Unless the swell is big, don't bother at high tide - it get's too deep and the waves don't break on the sandbar.When it does work, you will find the waves easy to ride, yet meaty and fast moving.

You can park your car at the parking, Aziz Ghoummeddd will take good care of it!!

Park in the village, walk straight to the water, hash point is at the North end of the village, Panorama's is at the South. Usually best on a swell with a bit of North in it, tends to become super fast and unmakable if the swell is more Westerly.

If it is small paddle from the beach or jump off the pier. 6 Feet plus you should jump off the pier, you need very good timing between sets and you must paddle like crazy.Early mornings are quiet. The right is always best on low tide. When surfing it small you can really hit it hard, don't hold back at all. In small surf it is normally very busy, you need to show the same respect as you would at your home break - There are locals, some with bad attitudes, but if you hold back you will not get any waves. There can be a hundred people in the water on an offshore 4 foot day, in which case you have to hassle a bit. When it is 6 foot and over the "Bad Boy" locals stay on the pier. You must ride a gun on low tide as it gets very hollow and fast with some waves offering more than one barrel, on high tide you can still ride a short board on the medium big days and will be able to do big carves! The banks are pretty much the same year after year and change between winter from a running outside wave to summer being bowls. On any big swell though, summer or winter the outside right will be on with a South West wind.Smile, visitors sit wide (there is always a wide set!) when the pecking order is in place, DO NOT DROP IN! And if it's firing it's 'Barrels from heaven!'Watch out for thieves. Don't get caught too deep on a big day or it's hit the pier time for you, ask Richie Sills.

At the beginning get the help from the lifeguard and relax, because when you fall on the foamy bottom it can be sore if you are tense. Try directly at the big flow rider but on a small wave. Ask the guy who choose the size of the wave to put it small. Sizes range from 1-10.

At ansteys the banks are always changing. In winter you go for weeks of perfect offshore mornings with epic barrels, whilst in summer the waves are fun and offer high-performance peaks ranging from good shorebreaks to fun waves out the back. Basically there is always a different wave, which makes it exciting. There are carparks spreading from Ansteys down to Cave Rock.

There is a little concrete walkway heading out into the surf to the right of the car park, which saves your feet from the urchins, but on bigger days the rip just keeps you paddling. Alternately you could paddle out from the right of the break and come around from the back. But time it right because getting caught inside at Nahoon will give you an experience you will be telling your Grandchildren about. Be warned, this spot is seriously sharks, surfers get attacked every year.

A strong storm from the southwest, or the unusual southeast, is needed to push waves into the Bay. Such storms are almost always accompanied by offshore southwest winds. The harder the wind blows, the bigger it gets.

SuperTubes: a powerful wall, drawing larger swell energy from the upper reefs and funneling it for around 200 yards, letting the skilled surfer dictate the terms of a ride without ever seeming weak or unchallenging.The wave is best in the 4 – 8 ft category.

J-Bay is a very long pointbreak (about 1-1.5km), on flat-lying slate (not volcanic rock as most guides say), that can be divided into several sections:

Boneyards: basically the very top of the point. Breaks very hard and fast way out the back on bigger swells, and hopefully you link up with Supers. It's a heavier wave than Supers.

Supertubes: the main event at J-Bay, sand over rock. Long-walled, fast, perfect, hollow waves, with barrels possible all the way along, but more often towards the end. The wave tends to 'slide' along the point, dissipating the whitewash for easier duck dives and focusing the energy on the breaking wave. The wall seems to keep coming up at you faster than you expect. The tubes usually need to be ridden high in the pocket. Sets can break wide on bigger days. When it's really big, the wave has been known to link up all the way to the town beach, through several sections, for a ride of about 1-1.3km+, but on a decent 6 foot+ day the waves are usually about 400m+ long. Tales of 4 or 5 minute rides are exagerated, to get all the way to the end of the long point (which is very rare) is about a 2 minute+ ride, and it needs to be 10 foot+. 'Supers' is definitely one of the best points in the world.

Salad Bowls and Tubes: there are several sections between the main wave at 'Supertubes' and 'the Point' further down, which work during different tides and swells. Tubes is a barrel that works on medium size swells about 600m+ down from the top of Supertubes.

The Point: fat, slow moving wave, that wraps into a little cove at the end of the long point, for about 150m. Holds some size, but doesn't have the barrels or the class of Supers.

Albatross: inconsistent final section on sand over reef, way down in front of the beach and across from 'the Point'. Needs bigger swells, and apparently gets good.

There is actually a surf spot just inside the Knysna Heads, believe it or not. A small group of locals ride it quite often. With a solid swell running outside the cliffs, the sand bars here gladly accept fun and hollow 3'-4' waves but it has been surfed big. The fun is tempered with the knowledge that you have to paddle all the way across the channel to the other side, often when the tide is pushing in through the heads. Incidentally, the Knysna Heads are only one of two places in the world where vessels won't by insured by Lloyds shipping agents. This adds a bit more spice to a daring dash across the channel.

At the Cape Town end of Tableview, a Turkish boat, the Seli1, ran aground in the winter of 2009 in one of the Cape’s notorious storms. It’s ugly and rusty and smelly and residual oil has messed a few boards. Swell action heaves up against the long dead ship and sort of surges around both ends in an encompassing action, like a lover's arms. The main wave is an A-frame, which jacks suddenly, then has a short steep section, before becoming a mellow wall. It’s one of those versatile waves that is suitable to ride on a longboard or a shortboard, and the stand up paddlers seem to have made it their favoured spot. Some sections are very mellow and others
fast and if you’re lucky you might encounter quite hollow sections.
There are additional waves as well on the periphery of the main wave, so there are enough to go round. When the rest of Tableview is unruly and difficult to get out to the back, the Wreck offers its welcome, with a couple of channels to help you on your way. However, don’t be deceived by its evident equanimity – quite a few boards have suffered brutal incidents there. Make the most of it - it will not last for ever.

This is one of the few breaks in Cape Town that holds up in a South West wind. There is a permanent sandbar in the middle of the break with peaks breaking left and right. The left is very consistent and breaks into a channel. The right sometimes closes out or fades, but can still give great long rides on the right day, which end over a rocky area. The shore break can get a little serious on big days - you may want to kick out before you get there. Unless the swell is big, don't bother at high tide - it get's too deep and the waves don't break on the sandbar.When it does work, you will find the waves easy to ride, yet meaty and fast moving.

You can park your car at the parking, Aziz Ghoummeddd will take good care of it!!

Park in the village, walk straight to the water, hash point is at the North end of the village, Panorama's is at the South. Usually best on a swell with a bit of North in it, tends to become super fast and unmakable if the swell is more Westerly.

If it is small paddle from the beach or jump off the pier. 6 Feet plus you should jump off the pier, you need very good timing between sets and you must paddle like crazy.Early mornings are quiet. The right is always best on low tide. When surfing it small you can really hit it hard, don't hold back at all. In small surf it is normally very busy, you need to show the same respect as you would at your home break - There are locals, some with bad attitudes, but if you hold back you will not get any waves. There can be a hundred people in the water on an offshore 4 foot day, in which case you have to hassle a bit. When it is 6 foot and over the "Bad Boy" locals stay on the pier. You must ride a gun on low tide as it gets very hollow and fast with some waves offering more than one barrel, on high tide you can still ride a short board on the medium big days and will be able to do big carves! The banks are pretty much the same year after year and change between winter from a running outside wave to summer being bowls. On any big swell though, summer or winter the outside right will be on with a South West wind.Smile, visitors sit wide (there is always a wide set!) when the pecking order is in place, DO NOT DROP IN! And if it's firing it's 'Barrels from heaven!'Watch out for thieves. Don't get caught too deep on a big day or it's hit the pier time for you, ask Richie Sills.

At the beginning get the help from the lifeguard and relax, because when you fall on the foamy bottom it can be sore if you are tense. Try directly at the big flow rider but on a small wave. Ask the guy who choose the size of the wave to put it small. Sizes range from 1-10.

At ansteys the banks are always changing. In winter you go for weeks of perfect offshore mornings with epic barrels, whilst in summer the waves are fun and offer high-performance peaks ranging from good shorebreaks to fun waves out the back. Basically there is always a different wave, which makes it exciting. There are carparks spreading from Ansteys down to Cave Rock.

There is a little concrete walkway heading out into the surf to the right of the car park, which saves your feet from the urchins, but on bigger days the rip just keeps you paddling. Alternately you could paddle out from the right of the break and come around from the back. But time it right because getting caught inside at Nahoon will give you an experience you will be telling your Grandchildren about. Be warned, this spot is seriously sharks, surfers get attacked every year.

A strong storm from the southwest, or the unusual southeast, is needed to push waves into the Bay. Such storms are almost always accompanied by offshore southwest winds. The harder the wind blows, the bigger it gets.

SuperTubes: a powerful wall, drawing larger swell energy from the upper reefs and funneling it for around 200 yards, letting the skilled surfer dictate the terms of a ride without ever seeming weak or unchallenging.The wave is best in the 4 – 8 ft category.

J-Bay is a very long pointbreak (about 1-1.5km), on flat-lying slate (not volcanic rock as most guides say), that can be divided into several sections:

Boneyards: basically the very top of the point. Breaks very hard and fast way out the back on bigger swells, and hopefully you link up with Supers. It's a heavier wave than Supers.

Supertubes: the main event at J-Bay, sand over rock. Long-walled, fast, perfect, hollow waves, with barrels possible all the way along, but more often towards the end. The wave tends to 'slide' along the point, dissipating the whitewash for easier duck dives and focusing the energy on the breaking wave. The wall seems to keep coming up at you faster than you expect. The tubes usually need to be ridden high in the pocket. Sets can break wide on bigger days. When it's really big, the wave has been known to link up all the way to the town beach, through several sections, for a ride of about 1-1.3km+, but on a decent 6 foot+ day the waves are usually about 400m+ long. Tales of 4 or 5 minute rides are exagerated, to get all the way to the end of the long point (which is very rare) is about a 2 minute+ ride, and it needs to be 10 foot+. 'Supers' is definitely one of the best points in the world.

Salad Bowls and Tubes: there are several sections between the main wave at 'Supertubes' and 'the Point' further down, which work during different tides and swells. Tubes is a barrel that works on medium size swells about 600m+ down from the top of Supertubes.

The Point: fat, slow moving wave, that wraps into a little cove at the end of the long point, for about 150m. Holds some size, but doesn't have the barrels or the class of Supers.

Albatross: inconsistent final section on sand over reef, way down in front of the beach and across from 'the Point'. Needs bigger swells, and apparently gets good.

There is actually a surf spot just inside the Knysna Heads, believe it or not. A small group of locals ride it quite often. With a solid swell running outside the cliffs, the sand bars here gladly accept fun and hollow 3'-4' waves but it has been surfed big. The fun is tempered with the knowledge that you have to paddle all the way across the channel to the other side, often when the tide is pushing in through the heads. Incidentally, the Knysna Heads are only one of two places in the world where vessels won't by insured by Lloyds shipping agents. This adds a bit more spice to a daring dash across the channel.

At the Cape Town end of Tableview, a Turkish boat, the Seli1, ran aground in the winter of 2009 in one of the Cape’s notorious storms. It’s ugly and rusty and smelly and residual oil has messed a few boards. Swell action heaves up against the long dead ship and sort of surges around both ends in an encompassing action, like a lover's arms. The main wave is an A-frame, which jacks suddenly, then has a short steep section, before becoming a mellow wall. It’s one of those versatile waves that is suitable to ride on a longboard or a shortboard, and the stand up paddlers seem to have made it their favoured spot. Some sections are very mellow and others
fast and if you’re lucky you might encounter quite hollow sections.
There are additional waves as well on the periphery of the main wave, so there are enough to go round. When the rest of Tableview is unruly and difficult to get out to the back, the Wreck offers its welcome, with a couple of channels to help you on your way. However, don’t be deceived by its evident equanimity – quite a few boards have suffered brutal incidents there. Make the most of it - it will not last for ever.

This is one of the few breaks in Cape Town that holds up in a South West wind. There is a permanent sandbar in the middle of the break with peaks breaking left and right. The left is very consistent and breaks into a channel. The right sometimes closes out or fades, but can still give great long rides on the right day, which end over a rocky area. The shore break can get a little serious on big days - you may want to kick out before you get there. Unless the swell is big, don't bother at high tide - it get's too deep and the waves don't break on the sandbar.When it does work, you will find the waves easy to ride, yet meaty and fast moving.

You can park your car at the parking, Aziz Ghoummeddd will take good care of it!!

Park in the village, walk straight to the water, hash point is at the North end of the village, Panorama's is at the South. Usually best on a swell with a bit of North in it, tends to become super fast and unmakable if the swell is more Westerly.

If it is small paddle from the beach or jump off the pier. 6 Feet plus you should jump off the pier, you need very good timing between sets and you must paddle like crazy.Early mornings are quiet. The right is always best on low tide. When surfing it small you can really hit it hard, don't hold back at all. In small surf it is normally very busy, you need to show the same respect as you would at your home break - There are locals, some with bad attitudes, but if you hold back you will not get any waves. There can be a hundred people in the water on an offshore 4 foot day, in which case you have to hassle a bit. When it is 6 foot and over the "Bad Boy" locals stay on the pier. You must ride a gun on low tide as it gets very hollow and fast with some waves offering more than one barrel, on high tide you can still ride a short board on the medium big days and will be able to do big carves! The banks are pretty much the same year after year and change between winter from a running outside wave to summer being bowls. On any big swell though, summer or winter the outside right will be on with a South West wind.Smile, visitors sit wide (there is always a wide set!) when the pecking order is in place, DO NOT DROP IN! And if it's firing it's 'Barrels from heaven!'Watch out for thieves. Don't get caught too deep on a big day or it's hit the pier time for you, ask Richie Sills.

At the beginning get the help from the lifeguard and relax, because when you fall on the foamy bottom it can be sore if you are tense. Try directly at the big flow rider but on a small wave. Ask the guy who choose the size of the wave to put it small. Sizes range from 1-10.

At ansteys the banks are always changing. In winter you go for weeks of perfect offshore mornings with epic barrels, whilst in summer the waves are fun and offer high-performance peaks ranging from good shorebreaks to fun waves out the back. Basically there is always a different wave, which makes it exciting. There are carparks spreading from Ansteys down to Cave Rock.

There is a little concrete walkway heading out into the surf to the right of the car park, which saves your feet from the urchins, but on bigger days the rip just keeps you paddling. Alternately you could paddle out from the right of the break and come around from the back. But time it right because getting caught inside at Nahoon will give you an experience you will be telling your Grandchildren about. Be warned, this spot is seriously sharks, surfers get attacked every year.

A strong storm from the southwest, or the unusual southeast, is needed to push waves into the Bay. Such storms are almost always accompanied by offshore southwest winds. The harder the wind blows, the bigger it gets.

SuperTubes: a powerful wall, drawing larger swell energy from the upper reefs and funneling it for around 200 yards, letting the skilled surfer dictate the terms of a ride without ever seeming weak or unchallenging.The wave is best in the 4 – 8 ft category.

J-Bay is a very long pointbreak (about 1-1.5km), on flat-lying slate (not volcanic rock as most guides say), that can be divided into several sections:

Boneyards: basically the very top of the point. Breaks very hard and fast way out the back on bigger swells, and hopefully you link up with Supers. It's a heavier wave than Supers.

Supertubes: the main event at J-Bay, sand over rock. Long-walled, fast, perfect, hollow waves, with barrels possible all the way along, but more often towards the end. The wave tends to 'slide' along the point, dissipating the whitewash for easier duck dives and focusing the energy on the breaking wave. The wall seems to keep coming up at you faster than you expect. The tubes usually need to be ridden high in the pocket. Sets can break wide on bigger days. When it's really big, the wave has been known to link up all the way to the town beach, through several sections, for a ride of about 1-1.3km+, but on a decent 6 foot+ day the waves are usually about 400m+ long. Tales of 4 or 5 minute rides are exagerated, to get all the way to the end of the long point (which is very rare) is about a 2 minute+ ride, and it needs to be 10 foot+. 'Supers' is definitely one of the best points in the world.

Salad Bowls and Tubes: there are several sections between the main wave at 'Supertubes' and 'the Point' further down, which work during different tides and swells. Tubes is a barrel that works on medium size swells about 600m+ down from the top of Supertubes.

The Point: fat, slow moving wave, that wraps into a little cove at the end of the long point, for about 150m. Holds some size, but doesn't have the barrels or the class of Supers.

Albatross: inconsistent final section on sand over reef, way down in front of the beach and across from 'the Point'. Needs bigger swells, and apparently gets good.

There is actually a surf spot just inside the Knysna Heads, believe it or not. A small group of locals ride it quite often. With a solid swell running outside the cliffs, the sand bars here gladly accept fun and hollow 3'-4' waves but it has been surfed big. The fun is tempered with the knowledge that you have to paddle all the way across the channel to the other side, often when the tide is pushing in through the heads. Incidentally, the Knysna Heads are only one of two places in the world where vessels won't by insured by Lloyds shipping agents. This adds a bit more spice to a daring dash across the channel.

At the Cape Town end of Tableview, a Turkish boat, the Seli1, ran aground in the winter of 2009 in one of the Cape’s notorious storms. It’s ugly and rusty and smelly and residual oil has messed a few boards. Swell action heaves up against the long dead ship and sort of surges around both ends in an encompassing action, like a lover's arms. The main wave is an A-frame, which jacks suddenly, then has a short steep section, before becoming a mellow wall. It’s one of those versatile waves that is suitable to ride on a longboard or a shortboard, and the stand up paddlers seem to have made it their favoured spot. Some sections are very mellow and others
fast and if you’re lucky you might encounter quite hollow sections.
There are additional waves as well on the periphery of the main wave, so there are enough to go round. When the rest of Tableview is unruly and difficult to get out to the back, the Wreck offers its welcome, with a couple of channels to help you on your way. However, don’t be deceived by its evident equanimity – quite a few boards have suffered brutal incidents there. Make the most of it - it will not last for ever.

This is one of the few breaks in Cape Town that holds up in a South West wind. There is a permanent sandbar in the middle of the break with peaks breaking left and right. The left is very consistent and breaks into a channel. The right sometimes closes out or fades, but can still give great long rides on the right day, which end over a rocky area. The shore break can get a little serious on big days - you may want to kick out before you get there. Unless the swell is big, don't bother at high tide - it get's too deep and the waves don't break on the sandbar.When it does work, you will find the waves easy to ride, yet meaty and fast moving.

You can park your car at the parking, Aziz Ghoummeddd will take good care of it!!

Park in the village, walk straight to the water, hash point is at the North end of the village, Panorama's is at the South. Usually best on a swell with a bit of North in it, tends to become super fast and unmakable if the swell is more Westerly.

If it is small paddle from the beach or jump off the pier. 6 Feet plus you should jump off the pier, you need very good timing between sets and you must paddle like crazy.Early mornings are quiet. The right is always best on low tide. When surfing it small you can really hit it hard, don't hold back at all. In small surf it is normally very busy, you need to show the same respect as you would at your home break - There are locals, some with bad attitudes, but if you hold back you will not get any waves. There can be a hundred people in the water on an offshore 4 foot day, in which case you have to hassle a bit. When it is 6 foot and over the "Bad Boy" locals stay on the pier. You must ride a gun on low tide as it gets very hollow and fast with some waves offering more than one barrel, on high tide you can still ride a short board on the medium big days and will be able to do big carves! The banks are pretty much the same year after year and change between winter from a running outside wave to summer being bowls. On any big swell though, summer or winter the outside right will be on with a South West wind.Smile, visitors sit wide (there is always a wide set!) when the pecking order is in place, DO NOT DROP IN! And if it's firing it's 'Barrels from heaven!'Watch out for thieves. Don't get caught too deep on a big day or it's hit the pier time for you, ask Richie Sills.

At the beginning get the help from the lifeguard and relax, because when you fall on the foamy bottom it can be sore if you are tense. Try directly at the big flow rider but on a small wave. Ask the guy who choose the size of the wave to put it small. Sizes range from 1-10.

At ansteys the banks are always changing. In winter you go for weeks of perfect offshore mornings with epic barrels, whilst in summer the waves are fun and offer high-performance peaks ranging from good shorebreaks to fun waves out the back. Basically there is always a different wave, which makes it exciting. There are carparks spreading from Ansteys down to Cave Rock.

There is a little concrete walkway heading out into the surf to the right of the car park, which saves your feet from the urchins, but on bigger days the rip just keeps you paddling. Alternately you could paddle out from the right of the break and come around from the back. But time it right because getting caught inside at Nahoon will give you an experience you will be telling your Grandchildren about. Be warned, this spot is seriously sharks, surfers get attacked every year.

A strong storm from the southwest, or the unusual southeast, is needed to push waves into the Bay. Such storms are almost always accompanied by offshore southwest winds. The harder the wind blows, the bigger it gets.

SuperTubes: a powerful wall, drawing larger swell energy from the upper reefs and funneling it for around 200 yards, letting the skilled surfer dictate the terms of a ride without ever seeming weak or unchallenging.The wave is best in the 4 – 8 ft category.

J-Bay is a very long pointbreak (about 1-1.5km), on flat-lying slate (not volcanic rock as most guides say), that can be divided into several sections:

Boneyards: basically the very top of the point. Breaks very hard and fast way out the back on bigger swells, and hopefully you link up with Supers. It's a heavier wave than Supers.

Supertubes: the main event at J-Bay, sand over rock. Long-walled, fast, perfect, hollow waves, with barrels possible all the way along, but more often towards the end. The wave tends to 'slide' along the point, dissipating the whitewash for easier duck dives and focusing the energy on the breaking wave. The wall seems to keep coming up at you faster than you expect. The tubes usually need to be ridden high in the pocket. Sets can break wide on bigger days. When it's really big, the wave has been known to link up all the way to the town beach, through several sections, for a ride of about 1-1.3km+, but on a decent 6 foot+ day the waves are usually about 400m+ long. Tales of 4 or 5 minute rides are exagerated, to get all the way to the end of the long point (which is very rare) is about a 2 minute+ ride, and it needs to be 10 foot+. 'Supers' is definitely one of the best points in the world.

Salad Bowls and Tubes: there are several sections between the main wave at 'Supertubes' and 'the Point' further down, which work during different tides and swells. Tubes is a barrel that works on medium size swells about 600m+ down from the top of Supertubes.

The Point: fat, slow moving wave, that wraps into a little cove at the end of the long point, for about 150m. Holds some size, but doesn't have the barrels or the class of Supers.

Albatross: inconsistent final section on sand over reef, way down in front of the beach and across from 'the Point'. Needs bigger swells, and apparently gets good.

There is actually a surf spot just inside the Knysna Heads, believe it or not. A small group of locals ride it quite often. With a solid swell running outside the cliffs, the sand bars here gladly accept fun and hollow 3'-4' waves but it has been surfed big. The fun is tempered with the knowledge that you have to paddle all the way across the channel to the other side, often when the tide is pushing in through the heads. Incidentally, the Knysna Heads are only one of two places in the world where vessels won't by insured by Lloyds shipping agents. This adds a bit more spice to a daring dash across the channel.

At the Cape Town end of Tableview, a Turkish boat, the Seli1, ran aground in the winter of 2009 in one of the Cape’s notorious storms. It’s ugly and rusty and smelly and residual oil has messed a few boards. Swell action heaves up against the long dead ship and sort of surges around both ends in an encompassing action, like a lover's arms. The main wave is an A-frame, which jacks suddenly, then has a short steep section, before becoming a mellow wall. It’s one of those versatile waves that is suitable to ride on a longboard or a shortboard, and the stand up paddlers seem to have made it their favoured spot. Some sections are very mellow and others
fast and if you’re lucky you might encounter quite hollow sections.
There are additional waves as well on the periphery of the main wave, so there are enough to go round. When the rest of Tableview is unruly and difficult to get out to the back, the Wreck offers its welcome, with a couple of channels to help you on your way. However, don’t be deceived by its evident equanimity – quite a few boards have suffered brutal incidents there. Make the most of it - it will not last for ever.

This is one of the few breaks in Cape Town that holds up in a South West wind. There is a permanent sandbar in the middle of the break with peaks breaking left and right. The left is very consistent and breaks into a channel. The right sometimes closes out or fades, but can still give great long rides on the right day, which end over a rocky area. The shore break can get a little serious on big days - you may want to kick out before you get there. Unless the swell is big, don't bother at high tide - it get's too deep and the waves don't break on the sandbar.When it does work, you will find the waves easy to ride, yet meaty and fast moving.

You can park your car at the parking, Aziz Ghoummeddd will take good care of it!!

Park in the village, walk straight to the water, hash point is at the North end of the village, Panorama's is at the South. Usually best on a swell with a bit of North in it, tends to become super fast and unmakable if the swell is more Westerly.

If it is small paddle from the beach or jump off the pier. 6 Feet plus you should jump off the pier, you need very good timing between sets and you must paddle like crazy.Early mornings are quiet. The right is always best on low tide. When surfing it small you can really hit it hard, don't hold back at all. In small surf it is normally very busy, you need to show the same respect as you would at your home break - There are locals, some with bad attitudes, but if you hold back you will not get any waves. There can be a hundred people in the water on an offshore 4 foot day, in which case you have to hassle a bit. When it is 6 foot and over the "Bad Boy" locals stay on the pier. You must ride a gun on low tide as it gets very hollow and fast with some waves offering more than one barrel, on high tide you can still ride a short board on the medium big days and will be able to do big carves! The banks are pretty much the same year after year and change between winter from a running outside wave to summer being bowls. On any big swell though, summer or winter the outside right will be on with a South West wind.Smile, visitors sit wide (there is always a wide set!) when the pecking order is in place, DO NOT DROP IN! And if it's firing it's 'Barrels from heaven!'Watch out for thieves. Don't get caught too deep on a big day or it's hit the pier time for you, ask Richie Sills.

At the beginning get the help from the lifeguard and relax, because when you fall on the foamy bottom it can be sore if you are tense. Try directly at the big flow rider but on a small wave. Ask the guy who choose the size of the wave to put it small. Sizes range from 1-10.

At ansteys the banks are always changing. In winter you go for weeks of perfect offshore mornings with epic barrels, whilst in summer the waves are fun and offer high-performance peaks ranging from good shorebreaks to fun waves out the back. Basically there is always a different wave, which makes it exciting. There are carparks spreading from Ansteys down to Cave Rock.

There is a little concrete walkway heading out into the surf to the right of the car park, which saves your feet from the urchins, but on bigger days the rip just keeps you paddling. Alternately you could paddle out from the right of the break and come around from the back. But time it right because getting caught inside at Nahoon will give you an experience you will be telling your Grandchildren about. Be warned, this spot is seriously sharks, surfers get attacked every year.

A strong storm from the southwest, or the unusual southeast, is needed to push waves into the Bay. Such storms are almost always accompanied by offshore southwest winds. The harder the wind blows, the bigger it gets.

SuperTubes: a powerful wall, drawing larger swell energy from the upper reefs and funneling it for around 200 yards, letting the skilled surfer dictate the terms of a ride without ever seeming weak or unchallenging.The wave is best in the 4 – 8 ft category.

J-Bay is a very long pointbreak (about 1-1.5km), on flat-lying slate (not volcanic rock as most guides say), that can be divided into several sections:

Boneyards: basically the very top of the point. Breaks very hard and fast way out the back on bigger swells, and hopefully you link up with Supers. It's a heavier wave than Supers.

Supertubes: the main event at J-Bay, sand over rock. Long-walled, fast, perfect, hollow waves, with barrels possible all the way along, but more often towards the end. The wave tends to 'slide' along the point, dissipating the whitewash for easier duck dives and focusing the energy on the breaking wave. The wall seems to keep coming up at you faster than you expect. The tubes usually need to be ridden high in the pocket. Sets can break wide on bigger days. When it's really big, the wave has been known to link up all the way to the town beach, through several sections, for a ride of about 1-1.3km+, but on a decent 6 foot+ day the waves are usually about 400m+ long. Tales of 4 or 5 minute rides are exagerated, to get all the way to the end of the long point (which is very rare) is about a 2 minute+ ride, and it needs to be 10 foot+. 'Supers' is definitely one of the best points in the world.

Salad Bowls and Tubes: there are several sections between the main wave at 'Supertubes' and 'the Point' further down, which work during different tides and swells. Tubes is a barrel that works on medium size swells about 600m+ down from the top of Supertubes.

The Point: fat, slow moving wave, that wraps into a little cove at the end of the long point, for about 150m. Holds some size, but doesn't have the barrels or the class of Supers.

Albatross: inconsistent final section on sand over reef, way down in front of the beach and across from 'the Point'. Needs bigger swells, and apparently gets good.

There is actually a surf spot just inside the Knysna Heads, believe it or not. A small group of locals ride it quite often. With a solid swell running outside the cliffs, the sand bars here gladly accept fun and hollow 3'-4' waves but it has been surfed big. The fun is tempered with the knowledge that you have to paddle all the way across the channel to the other side, often when the tide is pushing in through the heads. Incidentally, the Knysna Heads are only one of two places in the world where vessels won't by insured by Lloyds shipping agents. This adds a bit more spice to a daring dash across the channel.

At the Cape Town end of Tableview, a Turkish boat, the Seli1, ran aground in the winter of 2009 in one of the Cape’s notorious storms. It’s ugly and rusty and smelly and residual oil has messed a few boards. Swell action heaves up against the long dead ship and sort of surges around both ends in an encompassing action, like a lover's arms. The main wave is an A-frame, which jacks suddenly, then has a short steep section, before becoming a mellow wall. It’s one of those versatile waves that is suitable to ride on a longboard or a shortboard, and the stand up paddlers seem to have made it their favoured spot. Some sections are very mellow and others
fast and if you’re lucky you might encounter quite hollow sections.
There are additional waves as well on the periphery of the main wave, so there are enough to go round. When the rest of Tableview is unruly and difficult to get out to the back, the Wreck offers its welcome, with a couple of channels to help you on your way. However, don’t be deceived by its evident equanimity – quite a few boards have suffered brutal incidents there. Make the most of it - it will not last for ever.

This is one of the few breaks in Cape Town that holds up in a South West wind. There is a permanent sandbar in the middle of the break with peaks breaking left and right. The left is very consistent and breaks into a channel. The right sometimes closes out or fades, but can still give great long rides on the right day, which end over a rocky area. The shore break can get a little serious on big days - you may want to kick out before you get there. Unless the swell is big, don't bother at high tide - it get's too deep and the waves don't break on the sandbar.When it does work, you will find the waves easy to ride, yet meaty and fast moving.

You can park your car at the parking, Aziz Ghoummeddd will take good care of it!!

Park in the village, walk straight to the water, hash point is at the North end of the village, Panorama's is at the South. Usually best on a swell with a bit of North in it, tends to become super fast and unmakable if the swell is more Westerly.