Continent |
Africa |
Country |
South Africa |
Next Big City |
Capetown |
Next Town |
Port Beaufort, Witsand |
Type: |
Ocean, Lagoon, River Mouth |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Parking |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
None |
Quality: |
Cloudy |
Best Tide: |
No information |
Extremely flat water behind the sandy spit in the Breede River estuary. And on low tide more sandbars appear offering even more areas with very flat water. The ocean side has small to medium waves.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
None |
Beach Users: |
None |
Big sandy spit with lots of space.
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Spring:
|
Normal |
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Summer:
|
Shorts, Shorty |
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Fall:
|
Normal |
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Winter:
|
Normal |
Summer water temp 22°C. Winter water temp 16°C. Normally wetsuit is needed, but at high summer just shorts.
Best Months: |
January, February, October, November, December |
Wind Type: |
Thermal |
Best Direction: |
E, ESE, SE |
Main Direction: |
E, ESE, SE |
Main direction is SE, so it blows into the river mouth. This means, the ocean side has onshore winds and the river side has offshore winds.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
|
Short walk |
About 250 km (4 hours) from Cape Town eastwards. It's the Breede River estuary. The nearest towns being Swellendam and Heidelberg. Distances by road from these towns are 61 and 46 km respectively. Swellendam is 224 km east of Cape Town on the N2 highway. Access to the estuary is through Bredasdorp, Swellendam and Heidelberg. There are no bridges below the National Road (N2) and the lowest crossing point is the Malgas pont, 36 km upstream from the mouth. This is one of the last ponts in operation in South Africa. The northern side of the estuary (Port Beaufort and Witsand) has access along a tar road whereas access to the southern side (Infanta Village) is along a gravel road. On the west side of Saint Sebastian Bay.
Rules |
None |
