Big Waves and Big Hold Downs as swell peaks at almost ten meters in Durban #surfing #surf #bigwaves

CAVE ROCK: This spot consists of two waves that, legend has it, used to link up. According to locals, the one you see in the photos is Tidal Pool and the proper Cave Rock (the end of the original wave) is in front of the sandstone rock where there is a series of razor sharp rock slabs.

Fewer people surf here after the road washed away in the March 2007 storms. You walk from Ansteys, or down a steep path from the Bluff.

The reassuring sandbar is gone: you have to take off Indo-style over exposed reef. Ironically (since fewer people were surfing it) the storm also marked an increase in localism.

On a wall at the tidal pool is the graffiti cliché: ‘If you don’t live here, don’t surf here’.

The Rock is an insane, top-to-bottom tube. Holds a 10-foot swell if spaced evenly and cleanly.

Stay away if you don’t have brass balls - Steve Pike, Wavescape