Jeffreys Bay.
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· updated 13 hours agoWeek begins with a building east swell at 2-3m at 9 seconds under blown-out west wind easing to light southeast by Friday evening. Saturday sees a fresh southwest pulse building from 1.5m to 3m at 8-12 seconds under glassy south wind turning blown-out southeast, with heavy wind sea making conditions wind-driven. Sunday holds 3m southeast swell with strong southwest influence at 8-9 seconds under blown-out southeast to east-northeast wind, still wind-driven. Monday eases slightly from 2.7m to 2.3m south-southwest swell at 8-14 seconds under strong to moderate east-northeast wind, wind sea remaining heavy. Tuesday peaks the week with a building southwest/east swell from 2.2m to 4.2m at 7-14 seconds under moderate northeast wind turning blown-out west-southwest, wind sea heavy throughout. Wednesday holds 3.
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About Jeffreys Bay
Jeffreys Bay sits on South Africa’s Eastern Cape, 75 km south-west of Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), on a cape that bends west into the south Atlantic. The headline is Supertubes, a right point that runs 300 m through the heart of the bay. The cape’s sections run, top to bottom: Kitchen Windows, Magnatubes, Boneyards, Supertubes, Impossibles, Tubes, Point, and Albatross. On the rare swell that links Boneyards to the Point, the ride hits 1.1 km. J-Bay is the WSL Championship Tour’s South African stop, held at Supers in winter.
Peak runs May through September, when southern Atlantic storms send long-period south-west to south-south-west swell wrapping around the cape. June is the most consistent month, with the cleanest combination of swell and offshore mornings. The classic offshore is west-northwest to west-southwest, the dawn land breeze. By mid-afternoon the south-easter fills in and turns the open sections sideshore. Summer drops to small wind swell and onshores most days.
Water sits at 18 to 20 °C in August, 22 to 25 °C in February. A 3/2 through the surf season, a shorty in summer. The cape is in shark country: the 2015 attack on Mick Fanning during the WSL final happened in the Supertubes lineup. Spotters watch from the cliffs during the contest; off-season you’re on your own. Supers carries every visiting pro in winter; Boneyards is where the locals retreat. If Supers is twenty deep, walk south to Tubes or the Point. On a small swell, the Point still holds.