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Lagoon Beach → Small Bay / Big Bay downwind route

Western Cape, South Africa · -33.8450, 18.4800

Wing FoilingSUP Foiling Established community route — local laun
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Sunset over Table Bay.jpg
Photo taken near this spot by Ian Barbour · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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guides & forecasts

conditions & access

Downwind run · ~11 km

Launch: Lagoon Beach

Landing: Small Bay

Route drawn from the run name — approximate, not a GPS track.

Best wind

SE trade pattern

Water

Atlantic coast downwind / swell

Experience

Established community route — local launch and safety check

Hazards

Atlantic swell route with a variable Small Bay/Big Bay finish and a midpoint pin. Confirm the day's landing, swimmers and other riders, both accesses, shuttle and open-water rescue.

“Public leaderboard records 262 uploaded runs on this named Western Cape route. Pin is approximate coast midpoint; start/finish choice varies between Small Bay and Big Bay. Requested-field batch 04 verified 2026-08-01: guide/resource labels and hazards use cited row evidence; exact, nearby and route-endpoint relationships are explicit; unresolved fields remain Unknown.”

— via Downwind leaderboard — heavily used SUP-foil route; Requested-field research, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com 53074 — WX Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Cape Town Harbour (5.25 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/53074 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com 640A1Bdd4Eb37561948B7F01 — Surfline Exact current Big Bay Surfline report for the route landing area only; not a report for the start or full downwind course: https://www.surfline.com/su surfline.com

Local guides

race.downwind.app Lagoon Beach Small Bay — Race Exact public Lagoon Beach–Small Bay/Big Bay SUP-foil course record; 262 uploads, with a current report only at the landing area — https://race.downwin race.downwind.app

Links are community-sourced and open directly on the provider's site. Verify conditions locally before riding.

nearby spots

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