🇿🇦 St Francis Bay
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Best directionSW
Wind speed18–28kt
SeasonOct – Apr
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterFlat canals + waves
Ridden forKitesurfing
A canal-laced town on the Eastern Cape famous among surfers for its long right-hand point break, with flat canal water as a calmer alternative.
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Getting thereEastern Coast sector, about 1h15 west of Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ) in Gqeberha. A car is required; free parking at the Kromme River…
HazardsThe river mouth estuary generates genuinely powerful, rapid tidal current during ebb and flood cycles that can sweep a kiter out to sea or into concrete canal…
Best time of dayMid-to-high tide on a rising cycle, for enough depth over the inside sandbanks to track without dragging fins in the mud…
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