Muizenberg

Best Surf Season (May - August)

The South Atlantic storm track awakens during autumn and reaches full fury through the austral winter. Mean wave heights build from 2.6m in May to a peak of 2.9m in July, while wave periods stretch into the powerful 12-13s range. The same frontal systems that generate this groundswell also deliver the crucial post-frontal north-west to north-north-west winds that blow offshore at this SSE-facing beach. As a result, the statistics show the highest share of clean, ridable surf (26-31%) from May through August. It is cold, wet and at times intimidating, but this is when the bay's sandbanks really groom long-period SW/SSW/S swell into playful, rippable peaks.