{"id":26928,"date":"2020-04-20T12:22:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T12:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tickettoridegroup.com\/?p=26928"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:12:52","slug":"a-season-of-surf-africa-to-indo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickettoridegroup.com\/blog\/a-season-of-surf-africa-to-indo\/","title":{"rendered":"A season of surf – Africa to Indo"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I sit here in Cape Town writing this, autumn has definitely arrived as have the groomed autumn swells coming from the roaring forties and smashing into Cape Town before becoming perfect walls in Jeffreys Bay or all the way up to Durban and beyond. Having run surf tours in South Africa and Mozambique for the past 13 years as well as to Indonesia for 7 years, one thing I have noticed is the concept of ‘surf season’ is a bit of a misconception.<\/p>\n

Of course there is a time of year where you get the biggest swells, and a time of year where you will get dominant winds. But when you are planning a trip in advance and can’t do a ‘drop everything strike mission’ then prime season won’t necessarily deliver the best waves for you! The best Mozam I have ever surfed was in December, which is completely not “surf season”. And of all the trips we have run to Mozam the only one that really got ‘skunked’ for swell was a July\/August 3 week trip, which most would say is ‘prime season’ for that area! Cape Town is not dissimilar, yes if you want to tow-in to 30 foot windy dungeons then winter is the best time, but some of the best Dungeons days have been in January. A lot of our best waves cook in summer, with the odd flat spell too.<\/p>\n

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The reason I am talking about this is that we have just finished a ‘season’ of South Africa trips, that is two 13-week trips from Cape Town to Mozambique, one starting in September and the other in January. The better surfers who come on our trips always wonder about the timing, and all I can say is don’t worry, we get plenty of swell year-round in South Africa! You probably won’t get 6-8 foot Supertubes in Jeffreys Bay, but you may well get it 3-4 ft and less crowded than winter would be! Without jabbering on any longer, here are a few clips NOT edited or posted by Ticket to Ride. The first two are from our trip leaders after the waves they scored in Mozam in November last year with bits of footage they got from the trip.<\/p>\n

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Before life moves on and paradise becomes irrelevant…here\u2019s a reminder of what\u2019s out there \ud83c\udf34\ud83d\udc2c\ud83c\udf1eHad an absolute blast in Mozam and feel privileged to live this lifestyle \ud83d\ude4f \ud83d\ude81\ud83c\udfa5 @seabond<\/a><\/p>\n

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