Have any of you made the journey? What is the lay of the land down there? Is it worth the expense? I am planning for 3 weeks in August and looking to do something new (for me).
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East London is nice. The weather was epic and the waves were fun when we were there. Someone had been attacked by a shark that same year and we kept hearing about it but otherwise it was pretty chill.I read you n need more foam in your board because it pumps
I wanted to go to East London.
I don't know why
Like my dream of being a 60 something underwear model, I fear that my dream of going to SA may be just that, a dream.
Water in Jbay is indeed low-mid 60s so a 3/2 will be fine, but in the event of a major cold snap and some wind action there's a good chance you'll need a 4/3.Thanks for that. Will definitely check that out.
The internet searches I have done have the water in the low-mid 60's. It seems much colder than that when I watch the comp there every year. A 3/2 should be fine?
Guy was attacked by a shark last at point shortly after sunrise while I was visiting last year, he survived. Was driving from an early surf check and saw they guy covered in aluminum foil and thought that can't be good, few clicks up the road EMT's rushing by in the opposite direction. I was spooked for the rest of the tripi've been to Durban/umhlanga area and Jbay awhile back. One of the mornings by the point/jbay I was there for an am surf, a 'dead' baby shark had washed up thru the channel in the reef. It was beached and was like 15' -looked like a baby whale, just freakn huuuuge. Pretty sure they used a tractor to move it
Same trip I met a friend from CO who was in Jbay with a young family. they were camping at one of the spots in town. He told me some of their stuff had been ripped off when they were out but otherwise it was no big deal.
good luck if you go. let us know how it goes...
such and intersting place, can get sketchy fast, mostly good people it seemed.
Funny, the second half of the drive left such an impression on me I kinda forgot hazardous the first part until your post.The drive from Durban to Jeffreys Bay is pretty intense.
From Port Shepstone to Kokstad, it's windy uphill mountain passes frequented by logging trucks. You will get stuck behind one at some point. Don't try unsafe passing. There's probably a logging truck or an oncoming 'unsafe' passer.
From Kokstad onwards to Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) you're travelling through one of the more rural areas of South Africa. Think winding roads through hills and mountainsides with lots of small villages. Assume that each blind rise/corner there is a lunatic on your side of the road or goats, pigs, horses, dogs etc in the road.
Don't drive this route at night.
I think this sums up SA pretty well, at least my experience in Cape Town.old ways mix with modern ways in a peculiar manner. Pretty incredible stuff.