Wavescape

The centre for South African surfing, marine forecasts, surf and adventure content, and the Wavescape Festival, featuring Slide Night, Artboard Project and more

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Bronze whaler shark spotted Muizenberg beach (10.49am, 23 November 2023). Water users cleared as a precaution. @SharkSpotters #besharksmart

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Corona Open J-Bay 2024 is cancelled https://t.co/2ftD2Cqsj0

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Two southern right whales very close to shore off Sunnycove facing Glencairn 🐳🐳 in False Bay Cape Town

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Large, active pod of dolphins heading towards St James from Muizenberg. Close to shore.

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Two surfboards painted to honour the GOAT Kelly Slater for JBay charities https://t.co/867Wgv84vA

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@glent_za @defendtherealm @MissyVolker @JustinFoxAfrica @Heckitty A lovely event

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It was such a great event. Thank YOU guys for keeping ocean users safe

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Join Wesgro, in partnership with @WavescapeSA for the Blue Ocean Masterclass, with a particular focus on ‘Aerial Footage of the Ocean’.

Taking place tomorrow (29 March), at 7pm, at the InvestSA #OneStopShop (46 St Georges Mall, Cape Town).

Learn more 👉🏽 https://t.co/VWYPMuJYYF

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A record R712,000 was raised last night for ocean charities by comedian Nik Rabinowitz who cajoled the audience into emptying their wallets at the Wavescape Surfboard Art Auction in Cape Town.
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An unusual collection of 10 artistic surfboards will be auctioned tonight at the Wavescape Artboard Project for ocean charities at Jack Black’s Taproom. Pull in, and bring your chequebook!
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With few WSL qualifying events in South Africa, the Nahoon Pro WSL 1000, including juniors, has been hastily convened for this weekend to help South Africans qualify for the Challenger Series.
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Environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan, whose legal team stopped Shell’s seismic survey, joins seven salty sea souls to talk at Slide Night tomorrow at the Centre for the Book in Cape Town.
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Durban and surrounds -- Durbs gets shredded by a nasty NNE beast wind Wednesday that rips up the ocean all day, despite an underlying S x 16s groundswell that is 6ft open coast. Sunny and warm to hot. Thursday hey! The wind died overnight, the landbreeze worked some magic...

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KZN South Coast -- A ripping, shredding pre-frontal nasty NNE wind smashes Wednesday to destroy a beautiful 6ft x 16s SSW groundswell. Sob! Muggy warm weather. Thursday hold thumbs, a puff of a N to NW land breeze may have sorted the swell out, and it might fire, with con...

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Eastern Cape East -- A pre-frontal NNE wind Wednesday sucks down the coast and mangled seas ensue. Lots of SOLID 6ft swell overlaid with ripped windswell mess. The (mild moderate) W eventually puffs after 1 or 2pm to mop up the mess but too little too late methinks. Needs...

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Eastern Cape West -- Oohlala! Sheltered breaks FIRE Wednesday in humping W busterlies as a wintery low grinds past to the south. White capped seas. SOLID 6-7ft fleabitten groundswell open coast peaks 8ft+. Sunny, warm. Thursday swell calms to 4-5ft+ open coast, brushed by...

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Southern Cape -- A cold front scraped past the SW Cape and Wednesday you're left with humping W busterlies as the low passes to the south. Expect white capped seas as solid 8ft fleabitten groundswell hammers open coast. Partly cloudy, warm. Thursday swell down lank, to 2-...

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Cape Peninsula -- Frontal vibes lurk Wednesday with light bumpy NW (freshens to moderate later) and easing 4-6ft open coast swell. Cloudy and showery, clearing into arvi. Muizies super fun 2ft lines in offshore all day. Thursday lekker west swell direction (5ft at least) ...

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West Coast -- A cold front slipped past with rain last night. Wednesday dawns 4-5ft open coast in wobbly moderate NW frontal breezes. Partly cloudy and showery and warm, clearing by arvi. Thursday same again Sam. Wobbly NW as another low lurks offshore. Swell died to 1-2'...