Winter’s on it’s way.. the Southern Hemisphere has taken the tilt into cooler days to come.
…sounds a bit bleak? Not a chance!
One of the top reasons stated for people coming to live in South Africa is the great weather. It’s been another glorious Southern summer, but the winter wonderland is about to unfold: and Cape Town is one of the best places to be, if you must endure winter*
If you happen to live here it’s the beginning of the fireside, friends, wine & wild wave season. It’s the season for the locals & secret spots. If you’re a surfer this is when it starts getting really exciting..
Big ripples from the powerful Antarctic storms start rolling towards our shores.
I know one friend who will be missing it madly because he’s moved to Jozi, bigwave surfer and wonderbeing Christof Appel, know he’ll be finding lots of excuses to come home in the months to come. The best way to find out when you should be heading to shore to meet the thundering giants is to get the feed from Dr Spike (of Wavescape fame). If you’re a surfer I don’t need to introduce you to the legendary Wavescape, but if you aren’t: I’d be honoured to introduce you to one of my favourite SA Rocking it hard sites.. don’t miss out on the catching this one. It’s right at the heart of SA surf culture’s adrenalised pulse.
You can get THE country’s best surf report in your mailbox/sms, check the pics of Durb’s being hammered by some early monster sets, learn some surfrican slang, meet the ZA surfstars, get insider travel info for a little SA surftripping.. etc.etc. it’s jammers with goodstuff. Just go, it’s kif, promise. Okay, I am a little biased because I learnt surf.reporting and general surfstoke from working with Spike.. but it’s no exaggeration to say that Wavescape is among the planet’s best surf portals, you can be seriously proud of this South African product.
[And yes, I used to surf (this was my 2nd beloved board that would toss me about like an untamed horse in the waves) but I'm shocking at it. Wearing a 4:3:2 wetsuit and still getting screaming ice-cream headaches from the friggid Atlantic waters is not superfun. However: pop me in the worldclass J-Bay waters at play with dolphins and the solid chance of spotting a surfing legend like the delicious Kelly Slater or our local heroes like Cass Collier out on the back.line & I’ll paddle in for sure 
In the meantime.. I’m looking forward to enjoying a season of Stormhoek & watching the storm.spawned surf from the cozy shore, yum..
* hmmm.. I think somebody ought to give me an honourary position in Cape Town Tourism – this is absurd! I heart Cape Town. reaaaally?!.. no kidding Max.
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March 26th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Have to second this, Dr Spike
and Wavescape have to be one of the most consistant and best surf reporters and surf sites anywhere. If you consider for how long they have been running and pretty much for nothing then a huge UP for them.
March 26th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
damn right Peter.. I’m honoured to have learnt from the best. There’s also the Wavescapes Film Festival & all manner of surf.culture goodness that Spike’s generated – the man’s a legend!