Haaikona !

Ek het onlangs weer begin surf en so met die getrawlery vir ‘n lekker surfspot kom ek toe op die volgende af …

Get your own boat and jetski’s. Head out in the direction of Seal Island in False bay. (Take a few hours, depending from which side of false bay.)The reef sits about south east of seal island.

(Vir die oningeligtes – Seal Island is waar AL die Discovery Channel se haai programme geskiet word. Dis ook die plek waar die volgende op ‘n gereelde grondslag waargeneem kan word …

Dis blyk egter nie ‘n wesenlike probleem vir die outeurs van die post te wees nie.
There are 3 breaks.

1.) Bellows: which sits far out southwest of seal island. Picks up the most swell of the 3, is a predominantly left hand wave but breaks both directions.

2.)East shoal: (Thats the name given on sea charts) A deeper reef so needs bigger swell to work. Dont know if it has ever been surfed. Right and left.
3.) Unnamed righthander that breaks off seal island. Can get perfect under the right swell but a life gamble due to sharks.

The weather does strange things and the wind blows all the time out here so plan it well and go on a calm day after a storm so that you dont get blown to the south pole! I recommend checking the tides and sea report before aswell. ASEC (African Shark Eco Charters) do shark cage diving trips often out here and are here mostly when the seas are calmer but I wouldnt advise going surfing when they are about!

General: Scary place, cold water all year round. Winter is the best time to go as the most swell comes from huge storms out to sea.The downside about winter is that the sharks apparently feed more off shark island and head closer to the mainland in the summer. There is an abundance of all sea life out there so if you not surfing, you can just enjoy the scenery. We have only surfed here a few times, as wind conditions got worse and more sharks were spotted but gets perfect on a good day. Bring a Bible and a crowd cause theres none here.

Die ding wat die meeste opval van die post is inderdaad nie die hoeveelheid spelfoute nie, maar wel die volgende frase : “We have only surfed here a few times, as more sharks were spotted “.

Ek weet nou nie of ek miskien ‘n statistiese uitskieter is nie, maar as ek een haai, een keer by ‘n spesifieke spot gesien het sal jy my nie weer by daai spot sien surf nie. In fact – dit sal ‘n hele ruk wees voor ek dit enigsins sal oorweeg om dit selfs in ‘n gewone bad te waag. Nie hierdie kerels nie. Nee, hulle het ‘n blykbaar ‘n haaidrumpelvlak. “Ok, boys die swell is so 8 voet, die wind off-shore en daar’s so om en by 4 tot 5 haaie in die omgewing. Ek se ons surf tot die wind wes draai en waves platdruk of die haai count tot by so 10 kom, wat ookal laaste gebeur …”

Partykeer moet mens jouself afvra of almal wel die “oorlewings” chromosoom gekry het.

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