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New Pier, South Africa

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Gqeberha, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About New Pier

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces NE (63°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (243°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 4–17 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 600 m out (1 in 59). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 17°C in June, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 20°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Gqeberha, 4.2 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 13 surf spots.

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 30 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to PLZ, changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Cape Town International Airport (CPT).

    See flights MDW → PLZ · Skyscanner from about £790 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 25 min from the airport to New Pier.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct07 ft8 ssoft582kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct274 ft9 ssoft297kJ16°C
Tue 20Oct355 ft7 smushy196kJ19°C
Wed 21Oct125 ft8 ssoft273kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct274 ft8 ssoft228kJ19°C
Fri 23Oct08 ft8 ssoft810kJ18°C
Sat 24Oct364 ft8 ssoft229kJ23°C
Sun 25Oct182 ft7 smushy41kJ22°C
Mon 26Oct142 ft8 ssoft51kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct154 ft5 smushy78kJ20°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to PLZ, changing at ATL and CPT, then 25 min by road. About 30h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf New Pier

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Fence

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 5 kn (8 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf King's Beach

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Noncom

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to PLZ, changing at ATL and CPT, then 25 min by road. About 30h 20 door to door

The plan picks the best of 18 spots near Gqeberha each day: 6 pillars, Avalanche, Baked Beans, Denville, Fence, Flat Rocks, Humewood, King's Beach, Loch Ness, Millars Point, New Pier, Noncom, Noordhoek, Pier, Pollock Beach, Pollock beach - pipe, Rocky"s, The beacon.

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Rough cost

About £1,115–£2,210 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to PLZ, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL and CPT, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£790–£1,645
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£110–£185
Food7 days eating out£115–£210
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£50–£80
Total£1,115–£2,210

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Gqeberha

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