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Measured, and partial. The roster is production’s (60 breaks, 9 hubs) and every number is one the project measured — the roster and the 33-year ocean statistics read from Supabase on 5 Nov 2026, the scores read from production’s ranked score view on 5 Nov 2026 (plus 2 breaks production has not scored, computed here from the same archive by its method). What is not held is shown as an absence, never a guess. Photos are of the real places, each credited; places near the breaks are from OpenStreetMap.

Albatross

Jeffreys Bay · Eastern Cape, South Africa

Not scored yet — we don’t know yet what size of swell works here, and a score can’t be worked out without it.

Best Feb – Dec
JBay-Surfing at supertubes-001
Photo near Albatross: JBay-Surfing at supertubes-001 · NJR ZA · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Across the year

No year to draw yet

Not scored yet. A score needs to know what size of swell works here, from which directions and at what period, and we don’t have all three yet. Someone who knows the break has to check them — we won’t guess.

What makes it work

Swell size that works

Not known yet

Swell direction

Not known yet

Swell period

12 s and up

Swell with a shorter period does not count toward the score.

The wave itself is not typed yet

These are written by a surfer who knows the break, never derived. This one has no typed profile — honestly empty, not a default.

Direction

Not held

Bottom

Not held

Wave type

Not held

Minimum level

Not held

Ocean cell it reads

6.7 km seaward, 75°

Local time zone

Africa/Johannesburg

On the roster since

18 Aug 2026

Read from the production roster on 5 Nov 2026. A score needs the size of swell that works here; the swell direction and period sharpen it.

From surfers who surf here

No local tips yet

No local tips have been collected here yet. Named, dated, never generated — so until a surfer who lives here writes one, this is empty.

12 more breaks at Jeffreys Bay

See all →
BoneyardsCoinsImpossiblesInside PointKitchen WindowsMagnatubesMain BeachSalad BowlsSandkasteelSupertubesThe PointTubes

Direction and wave type are not typed on any of them yet.

Stays and lessons near the break

Stays are not held in the measured tables — they come from the partner at click time. Check prices for your dates around Jeffreys Bay instead.