ZOCO SURFING ADVENTURES

SURFING HOLIDAYS IN SOUTH AFRICA & THE PROVINCES OF THE WESTERN CAPE, EASTERN CAPE & KWAZULU-NATAL

REPUBLIEK VAN SUID AFRIKA | IRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika | IRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika | IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika | Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa | IRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika | Riphabuliki ya Afurika Tshipembe | Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga

The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland. Lesotho is an enclave entirely surrounded by South African territory.

South Africa has experienced a significantly different evolution than other nations in Africa arising primarily from two facts: immigration from Europe reached levels not experienced in other African communities and a level of mineralogical wealth that made the country extremely important to Western interests particularly during the Cold War. South Africa is a very racially diverse nation. It has the largest population of people of Coloured (i.e., mixed racial background), European, and Indian communities in Africa. Racial strife between the white minority and the black majority have played a large part in the country's history and politics, culminating in apartheid which was instituted in 1948 by the National Party. The laws that defined apartheid began to be repealed or abolished in 1990.

The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d'état, and regular elections have been held for almost a century; black South Africans were only enfranchised in 1994. The economy of South Africa is the largest and best developed on the continent, with modern infrastructure common throughout the country. South Africa is often referred to as The Rainbow Nation - a term used by then-President Nelson Mandela as a metaphor to describe the country's newly-developing multicultural diversity.

Sweet, SO WHERE CAN I SURF IN SOUTH AFRICA?

We offer surfing holidays along the entire length of the Southern African coast from Cape Town in the Western Cape to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa is vast and each province has something different and unique to offer the travelling surfer. The summary below should help you decide on a starting point.

	SURFING WESTERN CAPE Suitable for all levels of surfers Cape Town offers the most highly concentrated number of surf spots in South Africa. There are easily 49 spots within an hours drive of the city. Expect cold water and big powerful waves!
	Prices from: £ 235

	SURFING EASTERN CAPE Suitable for all levels of surfers The highlight of this province has to be Jeffreys Bay, the soul of South African surfing. J-Bay is several hours' drive east of Cape Town and is known world wide for its perfect waves.
	Prices from: £ 466

	SURFING KWAZULU-NATAL Suitable for all levels of surfers The coast of the KwaZulu-Natal is a surfer's paradise with empty waves everywhere, incl. hollow beach breaks, point breaks & classic reef breaks. Durban beachfront is a perfect place to learn to surf with warm water all year round.
	Prices from: £ 169

SURFING IN SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa has 2700 miles of coastline and ranks as one of the top three surf nations in the world. An abundance of SW swells are generated by Antarctic storms passing eastwards to the south of the country. Being in the Southern Hemisphere, seasons are reversed. Best time to come is April-August, although there is plenty of surf year-round. Size of swell increases after March and decreases after September. Even during the presence of high-pressure systems when onshores do blow in winter, early mornings can have offshore breezes. Summer months have notably more high-pressure systems in the weather cycle producing cyclonic north swells, often creating good waves over beach break sandbars between Durban and East London. Antarctic storms travel very fast and quick changes in the coastal weather and surf conditions are common. A weekly cycle is quite typical during winters with summers more stagnant. The continental shelf is narrowest north of East London and off Durban. A gradual widening to the west of Port Elizabeth makes the swells thinner but more lined up with less longshore drift. The shelf is narrow again SW of Cape Town and widens to the north along the west coast.

South Africa by any other name...

Most countries of the world have different names in different languages. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This list offers some of the alternative names for South Africa. It does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real", or "correct" name of South Africa is or was.

fraga a Deas (Scots Gaelic), Africa Australis (Latin), Africa dal Sid (Romansh), Africa de Sud (Romanian), África do Sul (Portuguese), Afrika Selatan (Indonesia, Malay), l-Afrika t'Isfel (Maltese), Afryka Południowa (Polish), Cənubi Afrika (Azeri), Dakshin Afrika (Hindi), De Affrica (Welsh), Dél-afrikai Köztársaság (Hungarian), Dienvidāfrikas Republika (Latvian), Drom-Afrika - דרום־אפריקה (Hebrew), Etelä-Afrikka (Finnish), Haravayin Aprige (Armenian), Jihoafrická republika (Czech), Juhoafrická republika (Slovak), Južna Afrika (Slovene), Južnoafrička republika (Serbian), Güney Afrika (Turkish), Lõuna-Aafrika (Estonian), Lõunõ-Afriga (Võro), Minami Afurika - 南アフリカ (Japanese), Nán-Fēi - 南非 (Mandarin Chinese), Nótios Afrikí - Νότιος Αφρική (Greek), Pietų Afrika (Lithuanian), Samkhret Aprika - სამხრეთ აფრიკა (Georgian), Súd-Afrika(Frisian), Südafrika (German), Sud-Afriko (Esperanto), Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans), Sydafrika (Danish, Swedish), Yuzhnoafrikanska republika - Южноафриканска република (Bulgarian), Yuzhno-Afrikanskaya Respublika - Южно-Африканская Республика (Russian), Zuid-Afrika (Dutch), Republika Południowej Afryki (Polish), Sudáfrica (Spanish), Sud Africa (Italian), Repubblica Sudafricana (Italian variant)