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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Garvies
South Africa, Durban
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Go to the bluff, go to Marine drive and drive North, turn into Sloane Street and drive to the bottom climb out your car and step onto the sand. DistanceTake a car WalkShort walk (5-15 mn) Easy to find?Easy to find Public access?Public access Special accessDon't know |
Surf Spot Characteristics
Surf Spot Quality
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceExperienced surfers
FrequencyVery consistent (150 day/year)
Wave
TypeBeach-break
DirectionRight and left
BottomSandy with rock
PowerHollow, Fast, Powerful, Fun, Ledgey
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Tide, Swell and Wind
Good swell directionSouthWest, South, SouthEast, East, NorthEast
Good wind directionNorthWest
Swell sizeStarts working at Less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
More details
Week crowdEmpty
Week-end crowdEmpty
Dangers
- Rips / undertow
- Rocks
Additional Information
Get in early in the morning when there is no wind or the morning breeze is blowing down the mountain. The beach has a very long strip so if there is a crowd on the peak in front of the parking lot just go to the next one. It gets very hollow on every low tide - super fun but fast and very powerful. It comes out of very deep wter and jacks up quickly. It is absolute perfection in a 4-6ft ground swell with low tide, no wind or a slight early morning offshore - Hard paddle though, no channels.
Atmosphere
This is a great alternative from 2-6 feet if Cave Rock and Ansteys are crowded. It use to have the heaviest localism, probably, in South Africa, but things have changed here and people don't hang at the beaches anymore.
General
This one of the best waves durban has to offer. They tried to film here for the first search film but the locals got pissed.
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Comments
By Anonymous , 21-05-2007
World Class Wave! - I grew up living in town but surfed the bluff nearly every weekend and on public holidays. I surfed Garvies often as well...fun waves, fast running rughts and punchy bowling lefts. I only had one near run in ith a local...a guy dropped in on me and looked at me funny when we were paddling back out, then I dropped in on him and it was all better...early mornings are best!
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By Anonymous , 10-09-2009
Garvies is for everyone! - I grew up on Bluff and was a garvies local for many years! Trust me the bad assed attitude is an urban legend. The original hard assed locals have left the country and were never that scarey ! Trust me ! So hope you all have a great surf, watch out for chippies rock and the reef. Great break and not crowded. In fact Ansteys is far more clicky than Garveys.