Category Archives: Cape Town News

A Ship Wreck in Cape Town

Posted on August 18, 2008 by nick

  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.   … Continue reading →

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Cold Front

Posted on February 8, 2007 by nick

There is a cold front over Cape Town today. The outside temperature has dropped to 22 degrees, and clouds have been intermitant over the city bowl. I haven’t checked the surf since Monday, and that was small. I am hoping … Continue reading →

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Nice Shot Of Table Mountain from the V&A Waterfront

Posted on January 31, 2007 by nick

I was down at the V&A over the holidays, and this is the spot where a billion photo’s of table mountain are taken. This is actually about my 4th photo from that part of town, but despite this looking like … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beach, Camps Bay

Posted on December 21, 2006 by nick

This is the first post about Glenn Beach. I drove all the way through Green Point, Sea Point and Clifton, but nothing seemed to have a wave. Off the wall was too high, and nothing was breaking. Rocklands wasn’t working … Continue reading →

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Always carry a wheel spanner!

Posted on November 17, 2006 by nick

The surf over the last couple of days has been pretty flat, which is why the reports and pictures have not been forthcoming. But the day before yesterday (Wednesday) was special. I had planned to go surfing that morning, because … Continue reading →

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Wind in Cape Town – The Cape Doctor is here

Posted on October 18, 2006 by nick

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 … Continue reading →

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Sunny Cape Town, but no swell

Posted on October 4, 2006 by nick

Well, 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 … Continue reading →

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Misty Surf in Cape Town

Posted on September 29, 2006 by nick

This morning at off the wall was onshore and misty. The sets were taking about 10 minutes to go through and the tide was being weird. Most of the waves were really lame, but one okay one came through. I … Continue reading →

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Sunny in Cape Town

Posted on September 29, 2006 by nick

I had a meeting yesterday morning, so I couldn’t check the surf first thing in the morning but I took this snap after I came out of my meeting. Normally when it is this sunny, and when there is no … Continue reading →

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