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| **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. " | * **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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| * **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]] | * **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]] | * [[https://youtu.be/SymqH2VZh3w|Surfing the Mound in a double]], [[https://youtu.be/vSsaVQ1VE-Y|Surfing the Mound in a V7]] | ||
| - | * **Kira Bester **commenting (paraphrased) on the shore break for the 2025 Durban area ICF world champs courses - "I'm a pretty good surfer 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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