Surf Editorial
Some Excellent Waves At Anne Avenue, Dredging On The Kromme and the River Mouth Groyne Start – Video
Brad Peens has been taking a close interest in the Long Term Coastal Protection Scheme, particularly in how it affects the waves and the wider surf environment. Even at this early stage of the project, there are already some surprisingly positive results to note. He...
Seal Point Boardriders Club Championships 2025 – All The Results, And A Massive Gallery
Beach shots @sealpointjade action shots @willow.surfs The waves on Saturday morning for the start of the 2025 Seal Point Boardriders Club Champs were solid. Hard to pin a size on them, but it was about as big as it gets before things wash through and turn unplayable....
Surfers and Sunworshippers – Photo Of The Day from the Seal Point Boardriders Champs on the weekend.
Surfers and Sunworshippers - Photo Of The Day from the hugely successful and well-attended Seal Point Boardriders Champs on the weekend. Read more: Seal Point, Cape St Francis Gears Up for the Rip Curl GromSearch Finale – Entries Filling Fast Seal Point Boardriders...
Seal Point, Cape St Francis Gears Up for the Rip Curl GromSearch Finale – Entries Filling Fast
Cape St Francis – The stage is set for the final stop of the 2025 Rip Curl GromSearch Junior Surfing Series, taking place at Seal Point from Friday, 3rd – Sunday, 5 October. This decisive contest will crown the series champions in the prestigious U16 Boys and Girls...
Seal Point Boardriders Champs – 27–28 September 2025 – This Weekend!
The Seal Point Boardriders Club will host its annual championships on Saturday, 27 September and Sunday, 28 September 2025 at Seal Point, Cape St Francis. Registration will begin at 07:00 on Seal Point Boulevard on Saturday. Heats will run throughout both days. The...
Seal Point, Cape St Francis, Gears Up For the Final Event of the 2025 Rip Curl GromSearch Junior Surfing Series
Cape St Francis - The final event in the 2025 Rip Curl GromSearch series is set to take place at Seal Point over the weekend, Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October. The event will determine the winners of the Premier U16 divisions, with the U16 Champs in Boys and Girls...
Chaos at Seal Point – Notes From The Editor
Cape St Francis has been a bit of a circus lately. Boards and bodies everywhere, and waves disappearing under the weight of the crowd. It was into this chaos at Seal Point that I paddled the other day, with every intention of keeping my head down and out of trouble....
South Africa’s Jordy Smith ended the 2025 WSL season ranked third.
South Africa’s Jordy Smith ended the 2025 WSL season ranked third in the world, maintaining his reputation as one of the tour’s most consistent veterans. His two standout wins this year bookended a long drought: the Surf City El Salvador Pro in April and the Margaret...
Yago Dora and Molly Picklum Claim World Surfing Titles in Fiji, Jordy Gets A Third – Experience It All With Extensive Gallery
Yago Dora and Molly Picklum Claim World Surfing Titles in Fiji, Jordy Gets A Third - Experience It All With Extensive Gallery All photos by World Surf League [gallery size="medium"...
World Surf League: Final 5 Surfers (Including Jordy Smith) Ready to Challenge for 2025 World Titles in Fiji.
CLOUDBREAK, Fiji The women's and men's Final 5 surfers of the Lexus WSL Finals Fiji Presented by Corona Cero, the final stop on the World Surf League (WSL) 2025 Championship Tour (CT), are fresh off the back of an incredible season and ready to fight for the 2025...
World Surf League – Women’s Finalists Decided at Lexus Tahiti Pro Presented by I-SEA: Kelia Gallina Makes History as Youngest CT Competitor
Molly Picklum Asserts Authority To Clinch No. 1 Seed Kelia Gallina Makes History as Youngest CT Competitor TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti, French Polynesia (Friday, August 8, 2025) – It’s been another massive day of action at the Lexus Tahiti Pro Presented by I-SEA, Stop No. 11...
SURFING IN SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHES: A NEW DIGITAL HOME FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SURFERS
4 AUGUST 2025 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SURFING IN SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHES: A NEW DIGITAL HOME FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SURFERS Surfing In South Africa, a fresh, interactive magazine endorsed by Surfing South Africa (SSA), has officially launched its first issue....
Local SFB Surfers Shine at Victoria Bay – An Alternative Take On A Surf Event – Notes From The Editor
All photos @keahlophoto Young Guns, Glacial Winds, and Roadworks that Test the Soul A young crew of St Francis Bay surfers (and their long-suffering parents) headed down to compete in the 2025 Hurley Junior Surf Classic over the weekend, returning with some incredible...
JBay Open Update and Warm-Up Sessions Video
JBay has had a good run of late. It's had a pretty good year so far, in fact, with nearly a month of surf while the best surfers in the country were all competing in a 3-week series of surf events in Durban. Those who knew the local calendar and the forecast gorged...
Seal Point Boardriders Club: Building Surfing from the Sand Up
The Seal Point Boardriders Club isn’t just a local surf club; it’s arguably the biggest and most active boardriders club in the country. Based in Cape St Francis and centred around Seal Point, the club has built a strong, inclusive surf community. It champions young...
Janire Gonzalez Etxabarri and Luke Tema Win O’Neill SMTH Shapes Ballito Pro Junior – Rory Dace Top Local
BALLITO, KwaDukuza, South Africa (Thursday, June 26, 2025). Janire Gonzalez Etxabarri (EUK) and Luke Tema (HAW) won the O’Neill SMTH Shapes Ballito Pro Junior today in pumping two-to-three foot surf and light offshore wind. It was an action-packed Finals Day that...
Field Narrowed at the O’Neill SMTH Shapes Rookie Rippers at Willard Beach
Ethan Schermbrucker © Dave Lindemann - Although the field narrowed, it was another great day of surfing at Willard Beach for Day Two of the O'Neill SMTH Shapes Rookie Rippers junior event, with awesome waves rolling through in glassy, windless conditions. The waves at...
Surfers Summer Harding (above) and Slayde Shooter – Photos Of The Day
Surfers Summer Harding and Slayde Shooter are two young surf club members from Cape St Francis. Both competed in the Rip Curl GromSearch Durban recently. The event was held at the New Pier in Durban with great waves to be had. Summer placed second in the U12 Girls and...
Blue Cheese on Wheels: A Surf Dad Story
I Just Wanted a Few Waves I hadn’t surfed in weeks. Work. Kids. Stuff. My brain was mush. I needed water. Salt. A few waves. Just that. I grabbed the big blue 9'0 soft top. The Log Model. The one everyone disenjoys me riding, A superior paddle machine. My friends...
Seal Point Boardriders Club Grom Comp Great Success
Gallery Below... Last weekend, another successful Seal Point Boardriders Grom Comp and Surf Lessons morning session took place at the Corner at Seal Point on Saturday morning. Small Conditions Small conditions, with a pretty average sand bank, didn't deter the young...
