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Witsand, Western Cape, South Africa

Postby rynhardt » Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:50 am

I'm too tired to kite today, so I walked around Witsand taking some pictures.
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Re: Witsand, Western Cape, South Africa

Postby rynhardt » Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:59 am

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Re: Witsand, Western Cape, South Africa

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Re: Witsand, Western Cape, South Africa

Postby rynhardt » Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:30 am

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Re: Witsand, Western Cape, South Africa

Postby Toby » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:34 pm

very beautiful spot!

Thx for sharing! :thumb:

Enjoy your stay there!!!

PS: how warm is the water?
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Re: Witsand, Western Cape, South Africa

Postby Blackrat » Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:11 pm

Are you coming past Jbay on the way home ?
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Re: Witsand, Western Cape, South Africa

Postby rynhardt » Tue Jan 17, 2017 8:34 pm

Toby wrote:very beautiful spot!

Thx for sharing! :thumb:

Enjoy your stay there!!!

PS: how warm is the water?
Not sure what the actual water temperature is, but definitely warm enough so no wetsuit required.

I tend to always wear a full wetsuit regardless, but more to protect against sunburn and windchill.

As a whole, it's an awesome spot. Wind is a bit more variable than Cape Town, but great flat water in the lagoon. Feel like some wave action, do a reach out to the river mouth and get some 3-5 ft rollers, although I just use these as kickers.
Windguru seems to be pretty accurate.

I went through my whole quiver from 6m to 17m in the last 2 weeks.

There's a kite shop, Pili-Pili, nearby, so you can rent kites or SUPs.
There's also some good fishing to be had. You can buy a license at the post office here.
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Re: Witsand, Western Cape, South Africa

Postby rynhardt » Tue Jan 17, 2017 8:39 pm

Blackrat wrote:Are you coming past Jbay on the way home ?
No. :-?
I've got the whole family in the car so we're aiming for an overnight at a guest farm near Graaff Reinette before heading back to Joburg the next day.
Would have been nice to meet up though..
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Re: Witsand, Western Cape, South Africa

Postby Toby » Tue Jan 17, 2017 9:43 pm

Thx for the info.

I wondered, because everyone on the pictures is wearing a full suit....
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