Cape Town's learner wave rolls in slow, soft and endlessly forgiving across False Bay's shallows — noticeably warmer than the city's Atlantic side — in front of a row of Victorian bathing boxes painted like boiled sweets. Surf schools cluster along the beachfront, shark spotters keep watch from the mountain above, and post-session coffee on Surfers Corner is a ritual. Summer, December to March, brings the friendliest conditions; hire everything on the beach and simply wade in.
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