🇿🇦 Dolphin Beach, Cape Town
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Best directionSSE
Wind speed20–35kt
SeasonNov – Mar
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterFlat + swell
The 'Cape Doctor' arrives most summer afternoons, funnelled between Table Mountain and Lion's Head, and rarely takes a day off.
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Getting thereAbout 20 minutes from Cape Town's city centre by car, in the Bloubergstrand/Table View area.
HazardsCan get seriously overpowered when the Cape Doctor is fully in — not a beginner wind on big days. Cold water; a wetsuit is essential most of the year.
Best time of dayAfternoon, once the Cape Doctor thermal has built to full strength.