Posting has been quite the last few days due to the strong South Easterly winds, otherwise known as the Cape Doctor. The wind was gusting up to 60k/h over the weekend and the first half of the week, making loosing your flip flops in the wind a real concern.
The wind reeked havoc around the city, leaving lots of dust and rubbish everywhere, but it blows the nasty cold and flu bugs away for summer.
Coincidentally, it also blows the warm surface water away (on the Atlantic side of Cape Town) which is why False Bay is warmer than the Atlantic side in summer.
Archive for October, 2006
Wind in Cape Town – The Cape Doctor is here
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006Quick Surf Check: And its misty!
Friday, October 6th, 2006Just a quick surf check. The swell has increased, so that swell everyone has been talking about might be on its way for tomorrow! It was super misty, so the photo didn’t come out (sorry fans), and the tide was really high and there was tonnes of backwash from the wall. Dire conditions if you ask me. Lets hope that is all clears up for the weekend. Have a good one.
Surf Report
Thursday, October 5th, 2006There is no surf today, and it was really low tide. Seeming as the water was so still and clear I took a walk over the rocks and took some pictures, which I will be adding to the description of the spot.
You can see below the rocks that you have to swim over at high tide. You can just about see there is a thin channel in the pool that looks like an “L”, which is impossible to aim for in any occasion.
Below are the rocks that lie in front of the take off spot. Luckily there is normally a current that sweeps in front of the wall which leaves you in the channel. Just hope that you don’t snag some kelp or hit a rock on the way.
As you can see the swell is tiny today, Llandudno will most likely have a wave today.
Lost FCS Fin Found at Off the Wall.
Thursday, October 5th, 2006When I was taking a walk over the rocks at low tide at off the wall (see the latest post), I found this fin. If it’s yours, or if you have the other two fins, email me and it will be returned.
It is the left fin, if you are looking at the bottom of the board with the nose pointing away from you, and is an FCS fin. The plugs look a little bit scratched, nothing major and the fin itself is fine.
Check Out The Post Where I write about finding the fin owner
Sunny Cape Town, but no swell
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006Well, I finished some work today for Apurimac Media in Cape Town and as it was a sunny day I decided to grad a subway and check the surf.
Take a look at the gorgeous weather!
There is not much swell at the moment, it would probably be a good day to go snorkelling if the water wasn’t so cold!
Quick Surf Check Mon, 2 Oct, 06
Monday, October 2nd, 2006The wind seems south easterly which makes thermo’s and off the wall pretty much directly off shore.
Thermo’s:
The surf was too small for thermo’s today, but general conditions were quite glassy and offshore.
Off The Wall:
Surf was a bit small and the tide as a bit high, but there might be a wave when the tide starts going lower (after 11:35am). The wind was offshore and the only bumps on the waves was the backwash from the wall.
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