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Cave Rock, South Africa
Wonderful. In glassy conditions, it's at its best. Needs a clean south-easterly groundswell with light offshore wind. Gets dangerously shallow during the low tide.
The surfing capital is without doubt Durban, where warm water and kind currents ... Read review
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Advantages: Good shape and size Disadvantages: Sharks and breaking on reef
...: wedge / bay / cave
When I went : may 2005
My Rating: 9 out of 10
How was the surf ? cave rock. big fast steep on heavy reef lots of sharks and dolphins . take a helmet and wet suit . swell daily 4/8 foot clean. lock your car.
Useful Hints eg. Directions to surf spot etc
fly to johannesburg and then on to Durban. ask for bluff brighton beach . lots of surf lodges on beach front.
surfers are all ok and ... ...And I Quote:
Cave Rock, South Africa
Wonderful. In glassy conditions, it's at its best. Needs a clean south-easterly groundswell with light offshore wind. Gets dangerously shallow during the low tide.
The surfing capital is without doubt Durban, where warm water and kind currents have created a thriving surfing scene. New Pier is at its heart, with sand-bottomed tube rides guaranteed on good days. At the other extreme, expect ... more
Where I surfed : wedge / bay / cave When I went : may 2005 My Rating: 9 out of 10 How was the surf ? cave rock. big fast steep on heavy reef lots of sharks and dolphins . take a helmet and wet suit . swell daily 4/8 foot clean. lock your car. Useful Hints eg. Directions to surf spot etc fly to johannesburg and then on to Durban. ask for bluff brighton beach . lots of surf lodges on beach front. surfers are all ok and help each other.
Sea Temp. (C) Today 23.7 (Statistics for 07 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 22.6 max: 23.4 min: 21.7 ) And I Quote: Cave Rock, South Africa Wonderful. In glassy conditions, it's at its best. Needs a clean south-easterly groundswell with light offshore wind. Gets dangerously shallow during the low tide. The surfing capital is without doubt Durban, where warm water and kind currents have created a thriving surfing scene. New Pier is at its heart, with sand-bottomed tube rides guaranteed on good days. At the other extreme, expect to be scarred or scared at the unforgiving exposed reefbreak at Cave Rock.
Advantages: up all night, fun party time! Disadvantages: noisy!
interesting mixes of food such as an Italian/Chinese restaurant which catered for everybody in the group really.
THINGS TO DO-
We went on a Thomas Cook booze cruise, was a bit disappointed. Took us to some nice sights though of beautiful beaches. Got to jump off the boat into the sea to cool off which was quite good, didn't have much alcohol available though and it was just one thing- sex on the beach (was sick of it by the end!).
We went on a speed boat, went out to a small island and some caves, they were quite good! One problem, its really easy to break the motor, ours kept smashing agaisnt the rocks, managed to get it fixed though, oops! Also some water sports apparently but in local towns because Laganas and Zante as a whole are famous for the turtles here and they don't want to disturb them with water sports. Turtle watching is also ...
Advantages: An amazing natural light show Disadvantages: Long way to go and quite expensive
WHERE ARE THE WAITOMO CAVES?
We drove from Auckland to Rotorua and on the way we stopped at the Waitomo caves near Otorohanga on the North Island of New Zealand. The caves are about two hours south of Auckland and two hours west of Rotorua so it made a good break in our journey. I really knew nothing about these caves prior to our arrival and was expecting the typical limestone rock formations and variations on stalagmites and stalactites. When we arrived the first impression was not that welcoming as there was some sort of road work taking place and we had to enter through a wooden tunnel which was not that welcoming.
The caves were first explored in the late 1800s and were even open to tourists as early as 1889 so we are certainly not the first visitors. They are open all year round from 9.30 until around 5.30 pm daily. Prices ...
