Is Sixty Nines good for beginners?

Sixty Nines is rated Advanced: the median wave is 2.1 m and 1% of days are mellow (0.4 to 1.2 m).

How warm is the water at Sixty Nines?

The yearly mean sea temperature is 19°C, so most of the year you want a 2 mm shorty.

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Sixty Nines 55.9

#4014 of 5753 surf spots in the world · 🇿🇦 South Africa · Eastern Cape · near Uitenhage

Works almost every day, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearBig waveAdvanced

Surf score55.9 /100

Surfable days97% of the year

Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind

Groundswell0% period 11 s+

Typical size2.1 m 7.1 ft median

Water19°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Sixty Nines

It rarely works. The nearest airport is PLZ (74 km) and the nearest town is Uitenhage (68 km).

Month	Surfable	Clean	Size	Water	Suit
Jan	100%	0%	2.0 m	21°C	2mm
Feb	100%	0%	2.0 m	21°C	2mm
Mar	100%	0%	2.0 m	20°C	2mm
Apr	99%	0%	2.1 m	20°C	2mm
May	97%	0%	2.3 m	19°C	3/2
Jun	96%	0%	2.3 m	19°C	3/2
Jul	92%	0%	2.5 m	18°C	3/2
Aug	93%	0%	2.7 m	17°C	3/2
Sep	96%	0%	2.3 m	18°C	3/2
Oct	97%	0%	2.3 m	18°C	3/2
Nov	99%	0%	2.1 m	19°C	2mm
Dec	100%	0%	2.0 m	19°C	2mm

Why 55.9

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and weighted; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world is 100.

Consistency 26%

26.0

Clean days 24%

0.0

Groundswell 12%

0.0

Season spread 10%

10.0

Wave size 8%

6.9

Water comfort 10%

4.4

Access 10%

7.1

The detail

Faces 90° with 50% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 65% of days. Mean peak period 8.0 s. Days over 3 m: 14%. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 1%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates -34.182, 24.850 (OpenStreetMap).

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