Surf Check « Cape Town Surfer

Archive for the ‘Surf Check’ Category

Rocklands – Sea Point

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

I had another 1 wave surf at Rocklands today. I held out on my last one wave surf at Rocklands, mainly because the surf was too small to write in for, but today it was much better.

With 4 people out, and shoulder high sets, the waves were breaking quite nicely. Unfortunately, the sets were coming through every 10-15 minutes and they were only 1 wave sets. So in 45 minutes, with all the sharing of the waves, I only got one. One nice one though.

I’ll do a dedicated page on Rocklands next week sometime, and I’ll snap a picture too.

Posted in Surf Check, Surf News | No Comments »

Glenn Beach, Camps Bay

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

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 with a 1ft closeout. Queens was far too small. To be honest I didn’t catch a glimpse of Clifton.
Glenn Beach didn’t really have a wave either, but a dude at the beach said that Llandudno was heaving and not to bother.

The surf is getting pretty cold now, but the warm air temperature helps a bunch. Here is the pic from yesterday:

Glenn Beach

Posted in Cape Town News, Surf Check, Surf Photo | No Comments »

Surf Report

Friday, December 15th, 2006

The surf yesterday was a little bigger, the waves seemed to have been pushed up a bit by the onshore winds that started, making the surf roughly 2 feet on the sets.
A bit messier, but fun none the less.

Posted in Surf Check | No Comments »

Llandudno Surf Report and Picture

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Here is a little picture of the surf at Llandudno from yesterday.

The surf was about 1.5 feet on the sets, but it was nice to get some exercise and get wet.

Llandudno, From the top of the hill

Posted in Surf Check | No Comments »

Cape Town Surf Report

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Midday (1200) – Off The Wall, Cape Town.

I’m sorry to say, the picture I took of the surf somehow ended up being a picture of my feet, which is pretty confusing to me seeming as I was pointing it to the surf, but thats the fact!

The Wind:
The wind today has a fair amount of west in it, which makes most of the spots I frequent a little bumpy. But I must say the I don’t think the wind was strong enough to really mess anything up that badly. I am guessing gusts are about 30k’s.
The Swell:
Unfortunately the swell is small, leaving only Llandudno a suitable option for most Capetonians on this gorgeously sunny Monday.
I’ll try and get a picture tomorrow, which is probably when I will be hitting the surf.

Posted in Surf Check | No Comments »

Wind in Cape Town – The Cape Doctor is here
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

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.

Posted in Cape Town News, Surf Check | No Comments »

Quick Surf Check: And its misty!
Friday, October 6th, 2006

Just 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.

Posted in Surf Check | No Comments »

Surf Report
Thursday, October 5th, 2006

There 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.

Posted in Surf Check, Surf Photo | 1 Comment »

Sunny Cape Town, but no swell
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

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 swell at the moment, it would probably be a good day to go snorkelling if the water wasn’t so cold!

Posted in Cape Town News, Surf Check, Surf Photo | No Comments »

Quick Surf Check Mon, 2 Oct, 06
Monday, October 2nd, 2006

The 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.

Posted in Surf Check | No Comments »

Newer Entries »