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usually located in places of much natural beauty. Many excellent surfing<br />
destinations come to mind, such as Jeffrey’s Bay (J-Bay to surfers), which<br />
has several superb surfing spots, among them the world-famous Super<br />
Tubes, and where international competitions such as the Billabong Pro are<br />
hosted.<br />
Dungeons, at Hout Bay, Cape Town, is legendary among big wave surfers<br />
who once a year do battle with giant waves here in the local leg of the Red<br />
Bull Big Wave Competition. There are many other excellent surfing spots<br />
at Elands Bay on the West Coast, or the various beaches at and around<br />
Durban, where former world champion Shaun Tomson grew up, or Long<br />
Beach and Kommetjie at Cape Town, Muizenberg, Big Bay, Melkbosstrand,<br />
Mossel Bay with its Inner and Outer Pools, Victoria Bay (Vic Bay in surfer<br />
language), Port Elizabeth, East London, Port St Johns and many more.<br />
Other popular activities up and down our coastline include stand-up<br />
paddle boarding, kayaking, jet skiing, rubber-ducking, windsurfing, and<br />
sailing all classes of boats and yachts. There’s also rock angling or deep sea<br />
fishing, as well as scuba diving, snorkelling and spearfishing to consider.<br />
With about 3,000 shipwrecks along South Africa’s 3,000km-long coastline,<br />
wreck diving is very popular.<br />
Some of the more popular diving sites are found on the Aliwal Shoal<br />
and Protea Banks off KwaZulu-Natal, the various reefs off Sodwana<br />
Bay, Rooiels and Hangklip on the southern side of False Bay, Cape Point,<br />
Jongensfontein and Gourits River mouth in the Southern Cape, The Point<br />
area, Roman Bank and Mitch’s Reef around Mossel Bay, the Arniston wreck<br />
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