Makulu – Roosta on surfing big waves

Surfing big waves: The Roosta being whipped in from the back back...at Dungeons (c) Craig Chapman

Makulu – Roosta on surfing big waves

The Block isn’t only about fishing. It’s also a very good surf spot. That has been ridden since the eighties.

It’s a big wave spot that starts way out back – it stands up and breaks hard across a patchy section of reef. Shallow sand bars round off every point break down here on the KZN south coast and waves reel across the bay towards The Sandspit.

In winter time, the water clears as the rains literally stop. The river mouths all close, and it all feels a lot safer than in the summer brown water. There are sharks aplenty at this place, so big boards and assisted surfing is the only way to do this. We use whatever we can get our hands on, but a combination of boat and ski works great and we can carry all the equipment we need out to the back.

Stand up paddle surfers would love this place. We had a Wavejet engine powered SUP here for a while, but the waves were so big that entire two weeks, we couldn’t get out, and when we did we were in big trouble, not having ever Supped before. But for the guys who know what they are doing, this place is perfection. At 4 to 6ft, the waves would be dreams come true for SUP surfers.

Enjoy the picture show…

If you are a SUP guy, check out accommodation at The Umzimkulu Marina…you could paddle down the river, out to sea under the bridge for a surf at The Block, and paddle back!