Last week a ship ran aground, The Seawin, in heavy seas and came around at (a classic surf spot) Derdesteen. The beach is currently closed off, you can make out the tape in the photo after the break.
News reports say the ship wreck caused a fair amount of damage to the dune area, and the mostly wooden hull is breaking up.
The ship is sitting on the beach right in front of the surf spot car park, and the car park is currently full with waste removal equipment.
Surfing at Llandudno in Cape Town these days is a tricky (read as: not that fun) proposition. Since the Llandudno idiot post a lot has happened; ZigZag Magazine have just run an article about localism (one of the Llandudno idiots, Liam Woods, is actually named and pictured in it), I’ve been finding greener pastures around the Cape, heaps more people are surfing and generally scenes are changing for surfing. As for Llandudno itself this is the low down at the moment.
1. The banks are crap at Llandudno at the moment. Apparently this is because the sand the is supposed to blow over from Hout Bay, but not as much sand is making it over due to a large amount of development in Hout Bay.
2. On weekends Llandudno is a circus. I’ve heard stories of 50 guys out all paddling for 1-2 foot closeouts.
3. I have names and photos for the Llandudno idiot and supporter of mean localism. They are going on the new Name and Shame page.
4. There are more and more knobs than ever surfing around Cape Town.
It all sounds a bit bleak, but there are some proper nice blokes out in the water too, and Cape Town houses some brilliant waves – bring on the winter swells!
If you see these guys out, don’t attempt to catch any waves unless you want Wayne to shout at you.
Wayne Stewart
Wayne Stewart – Saying he is slightly high strung would be an understatement.
Liam Wood
Liam Wood – Although he is not the most agro person in the world, he teaches surfing and is happy to snake you all day long and drop in you just in case you are on the inside.
Rip Curl
I’ve had a bit of bad luck with a (currently unnamed) surf shop in Cape Town. I bought a 4/3 Rip Curl Ultimate Elasto wetsuit, and after about 8 months the inner seams started to break and crack. The cracks made the liquid taping bend and curve and the gaps caused tones of chaffing and there were holes forming in the gaps of the suite – which were two reason to return the wetsuit from whence is came. Needless to say returning the wetsuit to the surf store is when the fun started.
Cape Town surfer has been very quite, mainly due to summer being completely flat. Now the winter surf is back I’ll pop in some more photo’s of how the surf in Cape Town is going down, and look forward to snagging some decent surf!
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