jeffrey's bay!

so from port elizabeth jL and i decided to take a little surf trip down to jeffrey's bay, the legendary site of supertubes.

we have heard a million stories about how "sharky" it is in south africa. durban was so sharky that they have nets positioned outside the beaches protecting them from sharks. so we were a little wary of heading out somewhere without the protective nets.

we asked around at the surf shops: "no, no sharks here, bru." btw, "bru" = "bro." we went down to the water to check out the breaks. we found this:



the most famous break at jeffrey's bay, and maybe the most famous right handed point break in the world, is supertubes.

this is what it looks like:



now you might be thinking, "jk, that is amazing! did you go out and surf in that?" of course not! do i look crazy? those guys are professional surfers. the reason this wave barrels so well is because there is a rocky reef that comes out from the shore, which pushes all the water up into the wave. also, please not how fast the water is moving. it's crazy.

this means, that if you are on the wave, you are surfing on top of about 3 feet of water. that means if you fall off, you are falling into about 3 feet of water on top of rocks. which is fucking scary.

i did, however, surf at some of the other spots down from supertubes which weren't so crazy, including the point and windows.