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If swell action is close to zero, the final option is Waitpinga, which means ?windy place? in the aboriginal language. This beach can be seriously hollow, throwing up epic A-frames that barrel then wall into the many gutters and rips along it's length. Trouble is, it needs offshore or glassy conditions and just the right amount of swell to make it possible to get out the back, so 10ft faces is about the max. Inconsistent and often a blown-out mess.
Possibly one of the sharkiest breaks in SA as white pointers and bronze whalers breed down the western end near the fickle righthand point and it is even worse around at Parsons Beach. There have been fatal attacks on surfers here and sightings of big ones is common. Avoid the early and solo missions.
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This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
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