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| - | **Platboom Beach - Kommetjie Downwinder** | + | <font inherit/inherit;;#ffffff;;inherit>.</font> |
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| + | (Going West to East around the Cape) | ||
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| - | ==== Arniston ==== | + | ==== Langebaan ==== |
| - | * **Surf ****** | + | * **Langebaan - Saldanha ** ~10 km [[https://youtu.be/J5VCDikNFTg|video]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/langebaan-to-saldana-downwind|Downwindfun]] |
| - | * [[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]] | + | * **Cape Town - Saldanha** ~120 km [[https://youtu.be/6EQ-2JWLkb4|video Richard Kohler 1st sea trial in prep for 2021-2022 Atlantic Crossing Attempt]] |
| - | * [[https://youtu.be/pulQthouHpE|video]] | + | * … |
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| **Shuttle Services** | **Shuttle Services** | ||
| - | + | * [[https://www.capetownshuttleservices.co.za/|Cape Town Shuttles]] | |
| - | * [[https://www.capetownshuttleservices.co.za/home1|Cape Town Shuttles]] | + | |
| * [[https://supsa.org.za/sup-fanatics-cape-town/|Downwind Junkies]] | * [[https://supsa.org.za/sup-fanatics-cape-town/|Downwind Junkies]] | ||
| - | * [[https://www.facebook.com/millersruntaxi/|Millers Taxi]] (facebook) Fish Hoek - Miller's Run | + | * [[https://www.facebook.com/millersruntaxi/|Miller's Taxi]] (facebook) Fish Hoek - Miller's Run |
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| * **Kommetjie - Olifantsbos Beach **16 km [[https://youtu.be/swMNMIHEjl8|video]] Dawid Mocke "The Kommetjie to Olifantsbos is a relatvely unpaddled downwind route in Cape Town, mostly because conditions can get really wild. It's mostly a remote coastline, with reef breaks all along the way, so any bit of swell makes it quite a dangerous paddle; so it's not done often." | * **Kommetjie - Olifantsbos Beach **16 km [[https://youtu.be/swMNMIHEjl8|video]] Dawid Mocke "The Kommetjie to Olifantsbos is a relatvely unpaddled downwind route in Cape Town, mostly because conditions can get really wild. It's mostly a remote coastline, with reef breaks all along the way, so any bit of swell makes it quite a dangerous paddle; so it's not done often." | ||
| * **Kommetjie - Scarborough Beach** 10 km [[https://youtu.be/Q9xzKCOJuaU|video]] | * **Kommetjie - Scarborough Beach** 10 km [[https://youtu.be/Q9xzKCOJuaU|video]] | ||
| - | * **False Bay ** (east side of the Cape of Good Hope) | + | * **False Bay ** (east side of the Cape of Good Hope) |
| - | * **Gordon's Bay - Strand** ~8 km [[https://youtu.be/ixD_fhlorLo|video]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/gordons-bay-to-strand-downwind|Downwindfun]] | + | |
| * **Full Bay Crossing** | * **Full Bay Crossing** | ||
| * **Pringle Beach - Muizenberg Beach** 42 km [[https://downwindable.com/false-bay-crossing|Downwindable]] | * **Pringle Beach - Muizenberg Beach** 42 km [[https://downwindable.com/false-bay-crossing|Downwindable]] | ||
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| * (False Bay continued) | * (False Bay continued) | ||
| - | * **Muizenberg (Muzies)** | ||
| - | * **Surf** | ||
| - | * **** [[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]] | ||
| - | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uMq7cnyr0k|Tim and son SS2]], [[https://youtu.be/k8raq6vR3_s|Dalo and Jaylo SS2]], [[https://youtu.be/nUy6G_9O9o4|Mark Keeling]], [[https://youtu.be/4IqfzeHsAoE?t=21|Lots of Doubles]] | ||
| - | * [[https://www.peninsula-canoe.org.za/|Peninsula Canoe Club]] | ||
| * **Fish ****Hoek**<WRAP indent>**** | * **Fish ****Hoek**<WRAP indent>**** | ||
| ****The runs that start or end at Fish Hoek are mostly North and South aligned. Dawid Mocke's [[https://issuu.com/dawidmocke/docs/the_surfski_pilgrimage_a3|guide to Fish Hoek paddling]] for visiting paddlers. | ****The runs that start or end at Fish Hoek are mostly North and South aligned. Dawid Mocke's [[https://issuu.com/dawidmocke/docs/the_surfski_pilgrimage_a3|guide to Fish Hoek paddling]] for visiting paddlers. | ||
| + | * **Fish Hoek - Strandfontein** 14 km [[https://youtu.be/t9VG5j58kJ0|video]] | ||
| * **Miller's Run** approx 11.5 km **Miller's Point to Fish Hoek** [[https://downwindable.com/millers-run|Downwindable]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/millers-run|Downwindfun]] | * **Miller's Run** approx 11.5 km **Miller's Point to Fish Hoek** [[https://downwindable.com/millers-run|Downwindable]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/millers-run|Downwindfun]] | ||
| - | * [[:world_s_best_downwind#miller_s_run|Miller's Run - One of the Great Downwinders]] | + | * [[:millers_run:millers_run_main_page|All About Miller's Run - One of the Great Downwinders]] |
| * [[:races:south_africa_self_timed|Miller's Run Records]] | * [[:races:south_africa_self_timed|Miller's Run Records]] | ||
| + | * [[:millers_run:millers_run_videos|]] | ||
| * Thoughts about a Miller's Run on a [[https://surfski.info/latest-news/story/1725/thoughts-after-a-miller-s-run.html|Rough Day]] | * Thoughts about a Miller's Run on a [[https://surfski.info/latest-news/story/1725/thoughts-after-a-miller-s-run.html|Rough Day]] | ||
| * [[https://youtu.be/gtI26EsDQs4|Mellow SS2 video]] | * [[https://youtu.be/gtI26EsDQs4|Mellow SS2 video]] | ||
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| - | </WRAP> | + | <WRAP indent><WRAP indent> |
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| - | * **Rooi Els to Strand Run **22 km [[https://downwindable.com/false-bay-crossingd18dbece|Downwindable]] * … | + | |
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| - | ==== False Bay Reverse Runs (North to South) Millers, Buffels ==== | + | ==== False Bay Reverse Runs (North to South) Miller's, Buffels ==== |
| * With any of the **"reverse"** or toward the south runs, one has to be familiar with and **know how to avoid or deal with West wind** that can arrive off of the mountains and create a **seriously adverse offshore push**. | * With any of the **"reverse"** or toward the south runs, one has to be familiar with and **know how to avoid or deal with West wind** that can arrive off of the mountains and create a **seriously adverse offshore push**. | ||
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| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | East of Fish Hoek in False Bay | ||
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| + | * **Muizenberg (Muzies)** | ||
| + | * **Surf** | ||
| + | * **** [[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uMq7cnyr0k|Tim and son SS2]], [[https://youtu.be/k8raq6vR3_s|Dalo and Jaylo SS2]], [[https://youtu.be/nUy6G_9O9o4|Mark Keeling]], [[https://youtu.be/4IqfzeHsAoE?t=21|Lots of Doubles]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.peninsula-canoe.org.za/|Peninsula Canoe Club]] | ||
| + | * **Gordon's Bay - Strand** ~8 km [[https://youtu.be/ixD_fhlorLo|video]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/gordons-bay-to-strand-downwind|Downwindfun]] | ||
| + | * **Rooi Els to Strand Run **22 km [[https://downwindable.com/false-bay-crossingd18dbece|Downwindable]] | ||
| + | * … | ||
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| - | **** [[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]] | + | **** [[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]] |
| * **Big Bay ** [[https://youtu.be/aD0JLkJW65o|video]] | * **Big Bay ** [[https://youtu.be/aD0JLkJW65o|video]] | ||
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| + | (East of False Bay) | ||
| ==== Hermanus ==== | ==== Hermanus ==== | ||
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| - | ==== Knysna ==== | + | ==== Arniston ==== |
| - | * Home of [[http://www.knysnaracingkayaks.com/surf-skis/|Knysna Racing]] | + | * **Surf ****** |
| - | * [[https://youtu.be/QGtArv_iikI|training video]] | + | |
| - | * **Surf** | + | |
| * [[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]] | * [[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]] | ||
| - | * [[https://youtu.be/9lKX9YZgqjc|Knysna Heads Surfing]] Tidal Race/Surf | + | * [[https://youtu.be/pulQthouHpE|video]] |
| - | * … | + | * … |
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| - | ==== Langebaan ==== | + | ==== Witsand ==== |
| - | * **Langebaan - Saldanha ** ~10 km [[https://youtu.be/J5VCDikNFTg|video]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/langebaan-to-saldana-downwind|Downwindfun]] | + | Witsand area generally considered to be the whale nursery of South Africa |
| - | * **Cape Town - Saldanha** ~120 km [[https://youtu.be/6EQ-2JWLkb4|video Richard Kohler 1st sea trial in prep for 2021-2022 Atlantic Crossing Attempt]] | + | |
| + | * **Breede (Breë) River Mouth** [[https://youtu.be/JhYbZXEYOmY|video]] | ||
| * … | * … | ||
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| - | ==== Witsand ==== | + | ==== Still Bay (Stilbaai) ==== |
| - | Witsand area generally considered to be the whale nursery of South Africa | + | * **Surf** |
| + | * Want to test your shore break negotiation skills? | ||
| + | * **Skinny Capucino Pushing the Boundaries**<WRAP centeralign> | ||
| + | {{youtube>GUGoFNfPhuo}} | ||
| - | * **Breede (Breë) River Mouth** [[https://youtu.be/JhYbZXEYOmY|video]] | + | </WRAP> |
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| + | * … | ||
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| + | ==== Knysna ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[https://youtu.be/QGtArv_iikI|training video]] | ||
| + | * **Surf** | ||
| + | * [[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]] | ||
| + | * [[https://youtu.be/9lKX9YZgqjc|Knysna Heads Surfing]] Tidal Race/Surf | ||
| + | * **Resources** | ||
| + | * [[http://www.knysnaracingkayaks.com/surf-skis/|Knysna Racing]] surfskis | ||
| + | * [[https://www.saltkayaks.com/|SaltKayaks]] Marathon racing kayaks | ||
| * … | * … | ||
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| * [[https://www.seatemperature.org/africa/south-africa/cape-town.htm|Water temperature Cape Town]] | * [[https://www.seatemperature.org/africa/south-africa/cape-town.htm|Water temperature Cape Town]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/south-africa/western-cape.html|Western Cape webcams]] | ||
| * [[https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/fish_hoek|Windfinder Fish Hoek]] | * [[https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/fish_hoek|Windfinder Fish Hoek]] | ||
| * [[https://www.windguru.cz/208283|Windguru Fish Hoek & Nearby]] (Camps Bay is next to Table Mtn., Sunningdale is in Cape Town) | * [[https://www.windguru.cz/208283|Windguru Fish Hoek & Nearby]] (Camps Bay is next to Table Mtn., Sunningdale is in Cape Town) | ||
| + | * **General** | ||
| + | * [[https://www.wasaproject.info/docs/2_windclimatesafrica2010.pdf|Wind Patterns in South Africa]] (good for general knowledge but consult locals for critical details/variants/microclimates where you plan to paddle) | ||
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| * [[:south_africa_downwind_videos#west_cape|Western Cape Videos]] | * [[:south_africa_downwind_videos#west_cape|Western Cape Videos]] | ||
| * … | * … | ||
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| + | ===== Equipment/Dealers ===== | ||
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| + | * [[https://aquatrails.co.za/|Aquatrails]] Cape Town paddling gear | ||
| + | * [[https://www.greatwhitesport.co.za/|Great White Sport & Surf]] Fish Hoek gear for paddling & water sports | ||
| + | * See also [[:south_africa#surfski_dealersmakersequipment|Main South Africa Page Listings]] | ||
| + | * … | ||
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