Road Trip! Surfing My Vogue Through Southward Africa
Surfing inwards South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
I beloved to surf, but I’m non really goodness at it. So I’m spending the side past times side half dozen weeks surfing South Africa’s best waves alongside professional person instructors.
Yes, yous read that correctly. An epic surfing route trip from Cape Town to Durban, alongside teaching from closed to onetime pro surfers. Sounds similar a dream opportunity move vacation, right?
That’s what I thought.
I’ll last heading out on a multi-week South African Road Trip to sense legendary surfing weather too locations that South Africa is good known for.
Surfing South Africa
Where volition I last surfing? The opportunity starts inwards Cape Town too I’ll piece of cake piece of occupation my means upwards the East coast to Durban over four weeks, stopping at all the best surf spots along the journey.
Cape Town (Muizenberg Beach)
Plettenburg Bay
Jeffrey’s Bay
Coffee Bay
Durban (Anstey’s Beach)
Surfing Friends
Volunteer Projects
My journeying won’t simply last virtually getting amend at surfing though. We’ll also dedicate fourth dimension to local community projects throughout the trip. Like organizing football game matches on the beach for township kids, teaching surfing lessons, too more.
It’s closed to other aspect of this opportunity that I’m actually looking frontwards to.
Muizenberg Beach, Our First Stop
Surf Vacation Packing List
Did I advert that July is wintertime inwards South Africa? The Drakensburg mountains were covered alongside snowfall on my flying in! My move gear for this opportunity volition last slightly unlike than my commons kit.
4/3 Wetsuit
The H2O inwards South Africa isn’t tropical, too I necessitate a proper wetsuit (4mm chest, 3mm arms/legs). Luckily I constitute a local society that has a manufacturing flora inwards Cape Town. I snagged a build new, custom fit, 4/3 wetsuit straight from the Coral Wetsuits manufacturing flora shop for solely $126!
50+ Sunscreen
My Irish Gaelic pare doesn’t tan well, too hence enough of rigid waterproof sunscreen is a must. Maybe closed to Zinc for the olfactory organ too. I’ll last putting inwards a lot of moving ridge fourth dimension nether the hot Sun each week.
First Aid Kit
Surfing tin last a fossil oil sport. Getting slammed into the rocks past times a moving ridge volition exit a score or two. That’s why it’s of import to convey a outset assist kit for the inevitable cuts & scrapes.
Warm Clothes
Despite it existence wintertime here, air temperatures are betwixt 50° – 70°F (11° – 21°C). So it’s actually non that bad. However early on mornings too belatedly nights on the beach volition require warm & comfortable clothing. After a iii lx minutes session surfing inwards mutual coldness water, warm apparel are just what yous need.
Hoping to capture closed to peachy surfing footage & photos to percentage alongside you.
Surfboard!
I’m ordinarily accustomed to surfing ix pes longboards, but I’d similar to motion downwards to a shorter board. It volition for sure last a challenge. Before I larn my hands on i though, I’ll go longer boards piece piece of cake working my means downwards to shorter ones equally I buy the farm to a greater extent than proficient.
Special Surprises
Of course of written report at that spot is much to a greater extent than to South Africa than surfing. If yous beloved opportunity travel, this amazing province has a lot to offer. That’s why we’ll last embarking on other activities equally well.
Check out my travel gear guide to aid yous start packing for your trip. Pick upwards a move backpack, photographic idiot box camera gear, too other useful move accessories.
Don’t forget move insurance! I’m a big fan of World Nomads for short-term trips. Protect yourself from possible injury & theft abroad. Read to a greater extent than virtually why yous should e'er bear move insurance.
