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Kouga Local Municipality, South Africa

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All levelsPoint & Beach breaks13 spots nearby
Kouga Local Municipality, South Africa

All-level point and beach breaks, springsuit–4/3 water by season, quiet nomad scene.

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At a glance

Peak seasonYear-round92% surfable at peak
SuitsAll levels13 known spots
Boardlongboard · bothpoint, beach
Water16.3–20.3°Cspringsuit–4/3 most of the year
Internet65 Mbpsmedian download · Ookla
Cost / mo$1,360+all-in, estimated

Where you'll surf — and work, eat, train

13 spots within 25 km · 13 with own season data

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Spot details

  • Boneyards0.2 km
  • Supertubes0.3 km
  • Salad Bowls0.4 km
  • Impossibles0.4 km
  • Magna Tubes0.4 km
  • Coins0.5 km
  • Tubes0.6 km
  • The Pointpoint1 km
  • Inside Pointpoint1.2 km
  • Sandkasteel1.3 km
  • Main Beachbeach1.7 km
  • Albatross2.1 km
  • Kitchen Windows2.8 km

2 coworking · 3 cafés · 3 gymsPowered by Google — ratings and maps are live from Google Maps. SurfBase doesn't edit or rank the reviews.

All places (8)
Coworking2 listed
Cafés3 listed
Gyms3 listed

The surf year

Best window Year-round · 12 months above 60% surfable days, averaging 81%
Surfable days by month · intermediateBest window Year-round · % of days with rideable surf, ERA5 2015–2024
92peak · May
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Swell
midmidmidmidsml——smlsmlmidmidmid
Wind ok
55%69%76%83%94%96%95%92%86%74%78%72%
Water
20°20°20°18°18°16°16°17°18°18°19°20°
Barsless surfablemore
WaterSpringsuit20–23°3/2 wetsuit17–19°4/3 wetsuit13–16°
How we compute this
Computed from hourly ERA5 / ERA5-Ocean reanalysis (2015–2024): swell reaching this coast × wind quality × size for the chosen level, over daylight hours. Sea temperature 2023–2025.model v3 · computed 2026-09-22 · no forecast — a historical climatologyFull methodology
Surfable days by level, month by month
Share of surfable days per month, per level — percent
LevelJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Beginner49%54%53%56%71%70%78%71%58%51%51%56%
Intermediate68%77%79%81%92%87%92%87%81%75%77%78%
Advanced64%71%79%76%81%79%81%85%71%70%63%68%

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Working from here

median 65 Mbps · no known coworking · from $830 a month · balanced scene
Internet speedmedian download · Ookla65 Mbps
Coworking spacesknown in OpenStreetMap0
Quiet ↔ Party54 / 100
Rent rangework-ready studio, monthly · USD$830–$1,580
Month all-inrent + living, modeled · USD≈ $1,360–$2,300
Estimated — modeled, not sourced

Find a place to stay

Monthly-stay searches for Kouga Local Municipality.
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Getting there

Nearest airportChief Dawid Stuurman International Airport
CodePLZ
Distance63 km

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Sources & confidence

AI-seeded · not yet human-checkedSee the full methodology for how every figure is computed.Town references: osm · openwateratlas · wikidata · open-meteo · osm-coworking · ourairports · ookla · google-places · open-meteo-skill · osm-poi · ookla-wifi · wb-price-level
Updated 2026-09-22Suggest a correction