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| - | **Vetchies - Westbrook Downwinder** | + | |
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| ===== Durban Area ===== | ===== Durban Area ===== | ||
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| **Durban vs. Cape Town** | **Durban vs. Cape Town** | ||
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| * **Robin Mousley**: "This kind of paddling (Durban downwinding) has a different flavour to the downwinds that we do over here in Cape Town. The runs tend to be bigger and longer and fast and the water's much warmer than ours. We tend to be nervous of the surf when we go to Durban; when they come here they always exclaim how cold the water is!" | * **Robin Mousley**: "This kind of paddling (Durban downwinding) has a different flavour to the downwinds that we do over here in Cape Town. The runs tend to be bigger and longer and fast and the water's much warmer than ours. We tend to be nervous of the surf when we go to Durban; when they come here they always exclaim how cold the water is!" | ||
| **Durban Swell, Waves, and Surf** | **Durban Swell, Waves, and Surf** | ||
| + | * **Barry Lewin: **"What people don't realise when they look at the weather reports from Durban is that it isn't the most windy town, well it doesn't have to blow hard to get cooking downwind if the swell is running. The swell and wind combined make for big technical downwinds and the perfect place to hold both the national champs this year and then **[[:races:races_south_africa#kwazulu-natal|world champs in 2025]]** . What makes Durban paddlers a little different is the same swell that creates great downwind, also creates solid surf. Every entry and exit through breaking waves which most of the world would think are crazy, but to those from Durban, its not just the norm, its paying homage to the sports history, tradition and heritage, surf is part of surfski here, and we love it. " | ||
| + | **Durban Area Shorebreak** | ||
| + | * **Kira Bester **commenting (paraphrased) on the shore break for the 2025 Durban area ICF world champs courses - "I'm a pretty good at catching waves but I got destroyed multiple times in my practice runs by the shore break, it gets pretty raunchy… and my saying that is something…you have to commit (to have a chance of success)" | ||
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| - | * **Barry Lewin: **"What people don't realise when they look at the weather reports from Durban is that it isn't the most windy town, well it doesn't have to blow hard to get cooking downwind if the swell is running. The swell and wind combined make for big technical downwinds and the perfect place to hold both the national champs this year and then **world champs in 2025**. What makes Durban paddlers a little different is the same swell that creates great downwind, also creates solid surf. Every entry and exit through breaking waves which most of the world would think are crazy, but to those from Durban, its not just the norm, its playing homage to the sports history, tradition and heritage, surf is part of surfski here, and we love it. " | ||
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| * **Ballito** | * **Ballito** | ||
| - | * **Tiffs (Tiffany's Beach)** | + | * **Tiffs (Tiffany's Beach/Salt Rock)** |
| - | * **Tiffany's Beach/Salt Rock - Umdloti** approx. 25 km [[https://youtu.be/OTbt6gCPRh8|video]], [[https://youtu.be/q-AU7LMxnRA|video2]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/salt-rock-run|Downwindfun]] | + | * **Tiffs - Umdloti** approx. 25 km [[https://youtu.be/OTbt6gCPRh8|video]], [[https://youtu.be/q-AU7LMxnRA|video2]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/salt-rock-run|Downwindfun]] |
| * **Zinkwasi - Tiffs** 30 km [[https://youtu.be/4vauyYzKCeM|video]] | * **Zinkwasi - Tiffs** 30 km [[https://youtu.be/4vauyYzKCeM|video]] | ||
| * **Durban Point Waterfront/Point Beach/Addington Beach ** at the southern end of the "Golden Mile" of Durban harbor beachfront there is a km or so where paddlers traditionally put in or take out for downwinders along the beach that is "protected" (we hear not completely - maybe the beach is not so bad, but farther out?) by a submerged reef. | * **Durban Point Waterfront/Point Beach/Addington Beach ** at the southern end of the "Golden Mile" of Durban harbor beachfront there is a km or so where paddlers traditionally put in or take out for downwinders along the beach that is "protected" (we hear not completely - maybe the beach is not so bad, but farther out?) by a submerged reef. | ||
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| - | The best known Durban waterfront gathering spots for downwinders are "Marine" (Marine Lifesaving Club), "Vetchies" (Vetch's Pier & Beach) and "DUC" (Durban Undersea Club), but they all represent the same general beach area. | + | The best known Durban waterfront gathering spots for laps and downwinders are "Marine" (Marine Lifesaving Club), "Vetchies" (Vetch's Pier & Beach) and "DUC" (Durban Undersea Club), but they all represent the same general beach area. Marine is at the south end of South Beach about 1 km northwest of the North Breakwater & LIghthouse. DUC and Vetch's "Pier" (just a rubble reef now) are at the south end of the beach close to that breakwater. The South to North direction of most of the following run listings is indicative of the more common SW wind for downwinders. |
| * **Durban Undersea Club** | * **Durban Undersea Club** | ||
| * **DUC - Hawaan **18 km [[https://youtu.be/9lr_pWW2SzE|video]] | * **DUC - Hawaan **18 km [[https://youtu.be/9lr_pWW2SzE|video]] | ||
| - | * **DUC laps ** [[https://youtu.be/rLOD8XpIa6E|video]] | + | * **DUC laps ** [[https://youtu.be/rLOD8XpIa6E|video]], [[https://youtu.be/ECUP4wpUQyA|paddling Durban harbor swell laps with little wind]] |
| * **Marine Lifesaving Club** | * **Marine Lifesaving Club** | ||
| * **Marine - Umdloti **23.6 km [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niMKXEEVDFw|video]] | * **Marine - Umdloti **23.6 km [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niMKXEEVDFw|video]] | ||
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| - | * **Durban area** [[https://youtu.be/VnYY4FRJbXQ?t=152|beach surf break video]] from **Scottburgh to Brighton Beach race** | + | * **Scottburgh** [[https://youtu.be/VnYY4FRJbXQ?t=152|beach surf break video]] from **Scottburgh to Brighton Beach race** |
| - | * **The Mound **is a sand bank surf break offshore from Durban which can produce steep, fast waves when the swell is big enough [[https://www.surfski.info/latest-news/story/79/surfing-the-mound-durban-south-africa.html|Surfski.info]] | + | * **Durban** |
| - | * [[https://youtu.be/SymqH2VZh3w|Surfing the Mound in a double]], [[https://youtu.be/vSsaVQ1VE-Y|Surfing the Mound in a V7]] | + | * **Addington Beach Area, Limestone Reef that transects Vetchies ** [[https://youtu.be/BCRpnsZ7Jxg|video]] |
| + | * **Addington Beach/ Ushaka Beach ** [[https://youtu.be/dxWASvlqaDA|surf video]] | ||
| + | * **The Mound **is a sand bank (artificial, caused by dredging) surf break a bit over 1km (? some sources say further out, but videos say the wave break is about this distance from shore) offshore from Durban which can produce steep, fast waves when the swell is big enough (when really big, the waves will continue to shore) [[https://www.surfski.info/latest-news/story/79/surfing-the-mound-durban-south-africa.html|Surfski.info]] | ||
| + | * [[https://youtu.be/SymqH2VZh3w|Surfing the Mound in a double]], [[https://youtu.be/vSsaVQ1VE-Y|Surfing the Mound in a V7]] | ||
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| + | ===== Conditions ===== | ||
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| + | * [[https://www.seatemperature.org/africa/south-africa/durban.htm|Water temperature Durban]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/durban_bay|Windfinder Forecast Durban Bay]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.windguru.cz/4865|Windguru Forecast Durban]] | ||
| + | * **Webcams** | ||
| + | * [[https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/webcams/durban_south-africa_1007311|Durban Area Webcams]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.outdooractive.com/en/webcams/kwazulu-natal/webcams-in-kwazulu-natal/227986375/|KwaZulu-Natal Webcams]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/south-africa/kwazulu-natal.html|Skyline Webcams (just Ballito?)]] | ||
| + | * **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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| ===== Injury and Recovery ===== | ===== Injury and Recovery ===== | ||
| - | * [[https://www.facebook.com/oceanridersacademy/|Ocean Riders Academy]] **Durban** technique, training, rehab | + | * [[https://www.facebook.com/oceanridersacademy/|Ocean Riders ]][[https://www.facebook.com/oceanridersacademy/|Academy]]**Durban** technique, training, rehab |
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| ===== Surfski Equipment ===== | ===== Surfski Equipment ===== | ||
| - | * [[http://www.revokayaks.com/|Revo Kayaks]] (based in Durban) This website no longer works (2023), are they still in business? | + | * [[http://www.revokayaks.com/|Revo Kayaks]] formerly based in Durban - Bought and moved to Australia ([[https://www.facebook.com/revokayakaustralia|Revo Australia Facebook]]) |
| - | * [[https://www.facebook.com/revokayaks|Revo Facebook Page]] last post November 2022 | + | |
| * [[https://durbansurfski.com/store/|Durban Surfski]] | * [[https://durbansurfski.com/store/|Durban Surfski]] | ||
| + | * See Also [[:south_africa#surfski_dealersmakersequipment|Main South Africa Page Listings]] | ||
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