Continent |
Africa |
Country |
South Africa |
Next Big City |
Port Elizabeth |
Next Town |
Kenton on Sea |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Shop, Toilet, Food, Parking |
Type: |
Chop, Small wave |
Hazards: |
Reefs |
Quality: |
Crystal clear |
Best Tide: |
No information |
Choppy but smallish shore break, shallow on the low tide with knee deep sand banks about 40 m out, shallow inside section before the breakers.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
Rocks |
Beach Users: |
None |
Wide, very wide, and enough space for launching and landing. Soft sand.
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Spring:
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Shorty, Normal |
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Summer:
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Shorts, Shorty |
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Fall:
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Shorty, Normal |
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Winter:
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Normal |
Warm water, shorty in summer, baggies if you are brave, winter needs fullsuit though.
Best Months: |
January, February, March, August, September, October, November, December |
Wind Type: |
No information |
Best Direction: |
NE |
Main Direction: |
No information |
Wind not great in June and July, but August through March, good regular winds. Best in Northeasterly, perfect sideshore. Easterly onshore, SSW works too, but West to Northwest is offshore and gusty.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Short walk |
From Port Elizabeth, head up the Sunshine Coast route about 120 km towards Port Alfred. Pull into Kenton on Sea, turn right into the main road and take the 2nd left towards Middle Beach. Parking lot close at hand with toilet facilities.
Rules |
None |
Just the basic common sense that should govern us all.
Not much out of season, but packed in December and January, festive season.