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Continent:	Africa
Country:	South Africa
Next Big City (Airport):	Port Elizabeth
Next Town:	Kenton on Sea
Latitude:	-33.6898
Longitude:	26.6753
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Type:	- Ocean	Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing - Surfing	Features: - Shop - Toilet - Food - Parking

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Kariega Main Beach (1 km) Best Direction: NE Type: Shallow Flat Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)

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Water

Type:	- Chop - Small Wave (< 1m)	Hazards: - Reefs

Quality:	- Crystal Clear	Best Tide: No Information

Choppy but smallish shore break, shallow on the low tide with knee deep sand banks about 40 m out, shallow inside section before the breakers.

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Beach

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Medium

Hazards:	- Rocks	Beach crowds: - None

Wide, very wide, and enough space for launching and landing. Soft sand.

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Weather

Spring:	- Shorty - Normal Wetsuit	Summer: - Shorts - Shorty

Fall:	- Shorty - Normal Wetsuit	Winter: - Normal Wetsuit

Warm water, shorty in summer, baggies if you are brave, winter needs fullsuit though.

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Wind

Wind Statistic Wind Forecast Wind Report

Best Months:	- January - February - March - August - September - October - November - December	Wind Type: No Information

Best Direction:	- NE	Main Direction: No Information

Wind not great in June and July, but August through March, good regular winds. Best in Northeasterly, perfect sideshore. Easterly onshore, SSW works too, but West to Northwest is offshore and gusty.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- Short Walk

From Port Elizabeth, head up the Sunshine Coast route about 120 km towards Port Alfred. Pull into Kenton on Sea, turn right into the main road and take the 2nd left towards Middle Beach. Parking lot close at hand with toilet facilities.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- None

Just the basic common sense that should govern us all.

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Nightlife

Not much out of season, but packed in December and January, festive season.

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