Rocklands – Sea Point

Posted on December 21, 2006 by nick

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.

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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 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

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Surf Report

Posted on December 15, 2006 by nick

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.

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Llandudno Surf Report and Picture

Posted on December 14, 2006 by nick

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

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Clive Get’s His Fin Back

Posted on December 14, 2006 by nick

After Clive lost his fancy new fin, on his second or third surf, he was pretty gutted.  He was touting the fins as “the best fins ever” and was gutted when he lost it at Off The Wall.
I bumped into Clive at Llandudno yesterday and managed to give him back the fin, and take a cheesy photograph.

Clive is reunited with his fin he lost at off the wall

Sorry for the cheesy caption – it had to be done!

See The Post Where I Found Clive
See The Post Where I Found The Fin

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Fin Owner Found

Posted on December 8, 2006 by nick

The surf today isn’t ideal, but I have been bursting to get in the water after what must be a 2 week dry spell. The swell seems fine, but the wind and swell direction seems to be messing everything up.
I zipped over to Thermo’s – Nothing. Then Off The Wall – Nothing. Nothing all the way to Camps Bay. But in the corner of my eye I caught a wave at Glenn beach, so I turned around a jumped in.
As I was getting changed I saw some fins on a board that looked like the one I found at Off The Wall. So I asked the guy if he had lost a fin, and he had. So Clive will be re-united with his (nearly new apparently) fin in time for Christmas!

Clives Lost Fin

Clive’s Lost Fin

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See the post where I reunite Clive with his fin

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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 of a tip the guys at Surf Zone in Cape Town gave me, but when I got there in the morning, the swell had not arrived. When I went back later in the day, the swell had jacked and it was going off, but I didn’t have the time to jump in – gutted.

Since the swell has been good, but the wind hasn’t been great, leaving Greenpoint a little bumpy.
So the moral of the story is, when you are driving in South Africa always make sure you have a decent spare wheel, jack and spanner in you car. I was driving home last night and a log was rolling down the road. Rolling log plus the side of your wheel leaves you with what I had in the picture below. Unfortunately for me though, I didn’t have a wheel spanner so I had to wait for a friend to come and help out.

South African Roads are dangerous

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Cape Town Surf Report

Posted on November 6, 2006 by nick

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.

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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 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.

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Quick Surf Check: And its misty!

Posted on October 6, 2006 by nick

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.

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