SOUTH AFRICA

Arriving in Durban I rented a car and quickly found out that South Africa has right hand driving.  This means one needs to drive on the left side of the street.  I thought my life was over when I had to make my very first right hand turn at a busy intersection in Durban.  

We finally made our way to our hotel , unpacked, and then headed to the beach to check out The Bay of Plenty.

After taking in the sights and sounds of Durban the tour packed up and headed 300 miles south to another South African beach city called East London.

Surf sessions in East London were finished after spending several days surfing around a few of the local surf spots.  Back in the car and with East London in the rear view mirror we drove another couple hundred miles south to reach world famous Jeffery's Bay.  Word was coming in that there was a large storm around Cape Town that was kicking up some rather large surf.  

After a few hours of driving we arrived at a beach parking lot in Jeffery's, and had our first glimpse at Jeffery's.   It was pumping at 12' to 13' with awesome rights.  Went to our hotel, got checked in, and made dinner arrangements.  Woke up the next day and spent the next 3 days filming.  The surf maintained it's size and shape for the next 3 days.  We were there in July so it was their winter.  The waves  were so epic that Surfer Magazine flew Dan Merkel down to photograph the waves for a story in Surfer Magazine.  This 1977 session was so epic that Randy Rarick, our trip organizer, told us that this was the best surf he has ever experienced in all of the many years he has been running the surf tour in Africa.