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Jason Lammers is glad to be back in the water after a close encounter with a great white shark at Jeffreys Bay. By Cherelle Leong
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EFFREYS BAY, also known as JBay, is famous for its perfect waves, especially during the winter months. Cold fronts usher in long-range, long-period swells that push in from the southwest Arctic Ocean and up the east coast of South Africa. The typography of Jeffreys Bay allows swell to bend into the bay as it refracts off Cape St Francis and various rocky points along the coastline, resulting in some of the most perfect ridable waves on the planet. When the surf is on, surfers can be seen suiting 10 |
SEA RESCU E SU MME R 2021
up and paddling out from before sunrise, bobbing on their boards at first light, eagerly waiting for the next wave. Jason Lammers, a Cape Town resident, has been surfing most of his life and was in the middle of his annual pilgrimage to this little surf mecca. The winter of 2021 was a particularly good one for surfing, with no international surf contests due to Covid-19 and plenty of waves to go around. On the morning of 14 July 2021, Jason decided to head out early at about 6.30am,
