South Arica has one of the most varied and unique coastlines on the planet. In fact, in just the stretch between Cape Town and J-Bay (8ish hours driving), there are more waves than you could surf in a ...

It’s one of the planet’s largest migrations and is fittingly described as the Greatest Shoal on Earth. South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal sardine run is a wondrous phenomenon that happens in the southern ...

RABAT (Reuters Life!) - When three surf-mad South Africans set off in search of the perfect swell, they expected to run out of money and return to Cape Town after a few months. But as they ventured ...

I never imagined how much I would learn during my research for my book, "Women on Waves: A Cultural History of Surfing." It was one eye-opening discovery after another. Women in every corner of the ...

Indiphile Osinachi, or Indie, as her friends call her, has followed an unlikely path to become a South African surfing phenom at just 15. When Indiphile Osinachi, known by friends as Indie, started ...

Influential global surf industry figures will attend the event, helping to promote the country as a world-class destination and tapping into a surf economy valued in the billions.

Africa is home to some of the most unexplored surfing destinations, promising an adventure away from the crowded beaches ...

It's been a fairly dismal season for big-wave surfing in Cape Town, South Africa. Last weekend saw a ray of hope, but that swell overpromised and under-delivered. This weekend, however, was clearly a ...

With a comforting nod and smile, Paul Sampson handed an ice-cold acai bowl to a man on a bus bench in Huntington Beach, who was strumming a guitar for whatever change people could spare. Sampson knows ...

Zama Ndamase, a 2009 Surfing South Africa Scholarship recipient, died today in a horrific shark attack. The 16-year-old was surfing with his brother, Avuyile, and other members of the local surf club ...