In South Africa, one
finds the world's strangest and most dramatic landscapes,
a unique wealth of animal and plant life, a treasure
of gold, diamonds and other minerals, and a kaleidoscope
of fascinating cultures and to top all this off some
of the best surfing waves on the planet.
Nature's tools of creation, the wind, sun, ice and
rain, have worked a special magic. There are extremes
of deserts, savannas, snow-covered mountains, grasslands,
high forests and tropical mangrove swamps. Within these
climatic zones.
It is the variety of South Africa's fascinating and
diverse peoples that is its greatest asset. South Africa
is often called the cradle of civilisation, for this
is where archaeologists discovered 2,5 million-year-old
fossils of our earliest ancestors, as well as 100 000-year-old
remains of modern man.
South Africans come from many cultural traditions,
they belong to one nation, a dynamic blend of age-old
customs and modern ways, building a new South African
society to create a better life for all.
South Africa is surrounded by the ocean on three sides
to the west, south and east and has a long coastline
of about 3 000 km. This coastline is swept by two major
ocean currents the warm south-flowing Mozambique-Agulhas
Current and the cold Benguela. The former skirts the
east and south coasts as far as Cape Agulhas, while
the Benguela Current flows northwards along the west
coast as far as southern Angola.
Our operation is based in Cape Town and Durban, South Africa and is one of
the most exciting in our product range. We offers all
surfers a very desirable surfing experience for
all levels of surf abilities and its not just about
surfing but the whole African experience.
South Africa is famous for its sunshine. Generally
speaking, April and May are the most pleasant months.
The rainy season over the summer-rainfall region has
then ended, while it has not yet really started in the
winter-rainfall area. The hot summer weather has abated,
and the winds are lighter than during the rest of the
year.
If your ambition is to surf the best waves in the world,
you'll just have to visit South Africa.
They have it
all, from cute little beach surf becahes that 6-year-olds
enjoy, to gnarly bone-crunching monsters that
can compare with anything in the world. And, best of
all, they have a whole lot in between, including some
fantastic little bays where the backline just rolls
in and the sea looks like corduroy to the horizon. |