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Continent:	Africa
Country:	South Africa
Next Big City (Airport):	Port Elizabeth
Next Town:	Kenton on Sea
Latitude:	-33.683
Longitude:	26.6823
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Type:	- Ocean - River Mouth	Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing - Surfing	Features: - Parking

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Middle Beach (1 km) Best Direction: NE Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Cannon Rocks (13.31 km) Best Direction: NE ENE E SW Type: Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)

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Water

Type:	- Shallow - Flat - Small Wave (< 1m) - Medium Wave (1-3m)	Hazards: - None

Quality:	- Crystal Clear	Best Tide: - High Tide

Located at the river mouth. Nice waves. Shallow areas fill with water for flat water at lower tide. Then behind the sand bars nice waves.

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Location

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Big

Hazards:	- None	Location crowds: - None

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

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Weather

Spring:	- Shorty	Summer: - Shorts - Shorty

Fall:	- Shorty	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 onto Kariega and drive down to the beach. Parking lot right at the beach.

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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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