Cape St. Francis
Hypnotic right-breaking point wave located on the southeast coast of South Africa, about 60 miles from Port Elizabeth; the fabled "perfect wave" as featured in Californian Bruce Brown's 1966 hit movie The Endless Summer. Cape St. Francis is in fact the name of a sandy three-mile-long triangular point that features at least six distinct breaks; since the late '60s, the surf spot featured in Endless...
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Remix: Cape St. Francis '63Subscribe to view
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Shaun Payne, Cape St. Francis. Photo: Alan van GeysenSubscribe to view
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George Thompson, Cape St Francis, 1971Subscribe to view
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Remix: Cape St. Francis '63
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Cape St. Francis '71
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Shaun Payne, Cape St. Francis. Photo: Alan van Geysen
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John Whitmore. Photo: Dick Metz
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Cape St. Francis. Photo: Clive Barber
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George Thompson, Cape St Francis, 1971