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Kitesurfing in Eastern Cape
2 spots · 0 destinations
The Eastern Cape's kite record comes down to Kabeljous Lagoon, a flat-water estuary on the edge of Jeffreys Bay that only works on easterly wind and needs rain to keep its mouth full.
It runs December to March, with an active local kite community but no confirmed school on site.
Eastern Cape holds 2 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 0 destinations. Riding here is mostly lagoons. Every spot suits beginners.
When you may ride
the rules these spots carry, with the year on each
Kabeljous LagoonJeffreys Bay20192019: the reserve rules ban dogs, motorised vehicles, hunting and fires in Kabeljous Nature Reserve, and plants and animals may not be disturbed, damaged or removed.
Nahoon BeachEast London20262026: no published kite permit.
Each block is the opening of the record's own rule, kept in its own words. Where two postings do not line up, both are kept and neither is picked for you.
The winds here
what the spot records call the wind, and the knots they quote
No wind is named across this region
Fewer than two of its spots give the wind a local name. Each spot page carries its own directions and knots.
Destinations in Eastern Cape
All spots in Eastern Cape
Regions come from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries; each spot page carries the record behind it. This list runs A to Z, and no spot here is filed above tier 3.
Last updated September 2026