Cape Town Surfer

I headed back to Off The Wall, thinking that the rising tide would have helped the drastic situation but I missed it! I was about an hour too late because the tide had already risen just a little bit too much. The other problem was that the tide was still coming in!
I jumped in regardless, and had a couple of good waves. The waves deteriorated and the wait between sets was about 15 minutes!

After I came out of the meeting, I had to check the surf. The tide was a bit low, and Off the Wall was sucking dry and exposing that rock we all try to avoid! More photos to come from the afternoon surf check and session!

Off the wall this morning at 0900; I walked up the path to find about 6 mazzive set waves that completely maxed out off the wall. This was the last wave in the set, the only one that didn’t run too fast. Low tide was making the waves very hollow and the rocks very exposed! I think I’ll jump in after lunch when the tide is a bit higher. See you there.

Today is was Sunday and the wind was a little strong, coming from the south/ or south west. I was going to check out Llandudno, or Sandy Bay, but I know Off The Wall works well on a South Westerly. Lions Head protects most of Green Point from that mean ass South Westerly, which made for glassy conditions at Off The Wall.
The wave ranged from chest high to a few feet over head, and the tide was quite high. As you can see there were a couple of good ones, I was a bit late catching this picture – the wave was a good one.
I managed a few good waves and a couple of good turns. I was really impressed by the guys friendliness in the water, really chilled out Sunday surf.

September 12th, 2006
The weather this morning in Cape Town was a little over cast and the wind was howling all night long. Off the wall was nice and glassy but a bit too small to jump in today. Looking forward to later in the week!

This morning I also managed to get a sneeky peek at Thermo’s. A great spot that can break pretty big. Mid out for the kelp and the bumpy waves when the wind picks up. Its a little big wave spot, so you can ride it in most boards. No surf today though! It needs to be at least twice as big as this to break properly.