Mossel Bay will this weekend host the finals of the Rip Curl South Africa Grom Search - a year-long contest that aims to identify and reward the best of the country’s junior surfers. [caption id="attachment_5818" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Rip Curl Grom Search finalist Max Armstrong (photo: Mike van Heerden)"][/caption] “The third and final event in the series will feature dozens of South Africa’s best up and coming surfers, who’ll battle it out to win a free trip to compete in the International Rip Curl Grom Search in ...read more

Media Release. 12 December 2010. Mossel Bay Tourism [caption id="attachment_4032" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Surfing in Mossel Bay (Jason Feast)"][/caption] International surfing personality and Mossel Bay local, Llewellyn Whittaker, has decided to take the ocean to the kids via has surf academy - Waves S’cool’ of Surfing. “Teaching underprivileged kids from the local community about the ocean helps them learn to swim and surf, makes them more aware of dangers at the beach (which enhances their enjoyment of a healthy beach lifestyle), and opens their minds to the need ...read more

Media Release 5 May 2010: Mossel Bay Tourism More Success for Mossel Bay Surfing Development Mossel Bay’s surfing development project - ‘Schools Surf Club’ - has started to pay handsome dividends for the youth of the town. “Mossel Bay has the perfect climate for enjoying our incredible beaches -  because we’re blessed with more than 300 days of sunshine every year, and with year-round beach-going weather,” said Mossel Bay Tourism’s Marcia Holm. “So it follows that our tourism industry is heavily invested in the ocean - which is why we believe that it’s vital for us to support the development of water sports ...read more

Media Release. 25 February 2010. Mossel Bay Tourism. See below for videos. Proud Mossel Bay Proud of Young Surfing Star Shaun Joubert Eighteen year old Shaun Joubert - a Mossel Bay resident and rising star on the international Pro Junior Surfing Tour - is in Hawaii right now, riding epic waves with a bunch of other youngsters from around the world under the direction of Billabong Australia’s international marketing manager (and the company’s international junior team manger), Sasha Stocker. “He’s working towards getting into the WQS (World Qualifying Series) and, eventually, into the WCT (Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour),” said his mother, ...read more

Media Release. Immediate. 10 December 2009. Mossel Bay Tourism Image: Development surfers Zizipho Belu (left), and Chuma Magusha with Waves School of Surfing’s Llewellyn Whittaker Mossel Bay Tourism Sponsors Boards for Development Surfers Mossel Bay Tourism has sponsored the purchase of a number of surf boards to help a local surf school to extend its reach to children who might otherwise not have been able to take part in the sport. “Mossel Bay is very much an outdoors destination - and very much a water sports destination, and we’re as keen to make ...read more