Jeffreys Bay.
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· updated 10 hours agoThe week opens with a strong 2-3m east swell at 9-10 seconds, heavily influenced by west-southwest, under strong east-northeast wind, peaking Thursday dawn. It drops to 1-2m by Friday with wind shifting to blown-out southeast, then a fresh 1.5-2.5m southwest pulse at 7-12 seconds builds through Saturday under light south wind turning strong east-southeast. Sunday holds 2.5-2.7m at 8-9 seconds with dual southwest and east-southeast influence under strong east-southeast wind, easing Monday to 2-2.5m at 11-14 seconds as wind drops light east-northeast. A new long-period pulse arrives Tuesday, building from 2-3m to 3.5-4m at 8-15 seconds with southwest and east influence under light east-northeast wind turning blown-out
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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.