Cape Town Black South Easter - Storm surge in Kalk Bay 07 April 2024

[@jasonyu-gi-oh1056]

The scenary is so beautiful yet powerful. Great visuals

[@ShirleyHowells]

Usual Cape storms, invigorating, exciting. 80 plus years ago my Dad used to take me fishing off the end of the pier every Sunday, and then home to the lunchtime Sunday roast. Such happy memories of Kalkbay.

[@davidrumbelow]

Remember the sea coming over the top of the boat sheds at 3 anchor bay 65 yrs ago , nothing new

[@jakobusphsteyn3500]

Had many beer at the Bell in decades gone by. Glad to see the sea is still a very prominent member of that establishment.

[@denverabrahams3535]

This used to be my playground as a child growing up during the late 1970's and 1980's. Beautiful, but dangerous.

[@aubreydebliquy8051]

Why all the panic? I love the Cape of Storms. It would not be Cape Town without our storms.

[@MirindaTriegaardt]

Not great for the homeless and people living in shacks. Even those who have expensive homes are not spared.😢

[@nolufefentanjana8405]

Cape of good storms we still have the old shipping from Vasco dagama

[@aubreydebliquy8051]

@@MirindaTriegaardt Sure, but in my 72 years in Cape Town, the government never closed schools to make amends for their incompetent service delivery to the poor and homeless.

[@dawoodwilliams3652]

@@aubreydebliquy8051 closing schools in the face of a natural disaster is just the logical thing to do, it's nothing about making amends, it's about following safety protocols. Every City in every Country that has the capacity to do so, does the same thing.

[@aubreydebliquy8051]

@@dawoodwilliams3652 Nonsense it is a knee jerk thing to do to close ALL schools for a bit of bad weather. This is normal weather for Cape Town and we have always dealt with it appropriately without big brother government getting involved. Centralized totalitarian decision making is inherently bad policy because one size does not fit all. Big government leads to big errors.

[@samarafarre6652]

This is known as the Cape of Storms. We've seen many like it before. First severe winter storm usually happens around Easter time. Nothing unusual.

[@jen9774]

The Cape of Good Hope 😂😂

[@catherinethemba]

Why you here then?

[@rosewise367]

​@@catherinethemba😂😂😂😂😂

[@orangetulip1261]

​@@catherinethembawhy are you triggered?

[@warriorson7979]

Definitely not the case for the Eastern parts.... The wind hasn't been that severe in many decades.

[@briananthony3676]

That lighthouse has withstood many a batterings 💪🌟👍

[@MrsRobynG]

Awesome footage. I was there at the Bell, Kalkys Harbour Wall getting stills. Fabulous video and sound here!!

[@Woooofit]

I so wish to live there. Absolutely love Western Cape. Love this weather!

[@DarrenJeftha-d2n]

It's a surfer's Mecca

[@mogamedfakier3592]

Dit is lekker in die kaap

[@geraldmaranda-rs7js]

like serious

[@mogamedfakier3592]

@@geraldmaranda-rs7js yes like really serious ?

[@waynebowker7764]

I live in Fishhoek not nice

[@marcquesnel1324]

It's just the Cape of Storms living up to its original name

[@MarianneScholtz-jf8ru]

Love this weather ❤❤

[@michellemaistry3170]

Wasn't this same restaurant flooded in a previous storm where the windows shattered with the force of the water hitting. Even the seal is like no heck NO I'm not going into the water and the seagulls are like, fellas, we can't soar like the eagle in the wind, best to park on the shore and watch 😅

[@JackiSands1]

Yep, same restaurant - that's why they removed the windows this time.

[@jameslangridge1674]

Correct. In Sept. 2023, we had a very big swell event along our coastline (6-8m swell). It was a combination of a very high spring-high tide (tidal surges) and very large ocean swell (it was a record in some places and reported as 9-10m in some areas). This led to some really big waves and huge tidal surges. In contrast, this current event is quite different, as it was caused by a very strong cut-off frontal low pressure system and the storm surge was caused by gale-force onshore winds (blowing from ocean onto the shoreline). The swell is actually pretty small (approx. 2.5-3m), although the high tide is also quite high. Hope that helps anyone.

[@sandrajansevanvuuren7891]

It happens many times.

[@charmainventer4427]

Bike and Walk Cape Town, who are you? Putting yourself in danger to produce this devastating evidence of what we experienced the past few days? Well done dudes, I hid in my house too scared to show my face..... I walked the peers you've shown numerous times. Well done!!! Much Love...

[@tfaraghe]

Loved this video thank you!

[@katanaboy8253]

Thanks for an awesome video

[@BikeandWalkCapeTown]

Glad you liked it!

[@ElsjeMassyn]

Used to live in Fish Hoek area for 13 years - close to Kalk Bay. Exciting weather!!

[@dirkstander4058]

As Bartolomeu Dias called it "Cabo das tormentas" Not the first and definitely not the last. The Cape of storms holds true to its name. Love it or hate it, it is what it is.

[@barkvarkie_fpv8623]

The Seagulls are like "hold my beer fellas, just another day in paradise!"

[@hanafri8]

Normal winter storms for Cape Town

[@warriorson7979]

Definitely not for the Eastern parts.

[@raoulwilhelm8007]

It normally comes from the North West, not from the South East

[@tanyabooysen3958]

Nature is beautiful, take care everyone.

[@shaffehaffejee3657]

Sushmita: video footage is 👌 Kudos to the fotographer 🎉

[@Jo-AnnHenry-Eastland]

I am originally from the Cape a born Capetonian I not been back for 20 years I know how the weather can be big swells you got there

[@DesireeRentel]

Give me the calmness of the Kalahari

[@Avuyilefaku5455]

Camera man thanks sbout this vedeo keep the good work

[@jeffreydupreez3052]

Im staying in Muizenberg.. Oh boy, it was a bad storm we had.... 😢😢

[@yvonnelessick9880]

What a lovely swimming tidal pool that Kalk Bay would be. All despite of this weather 😮😮😮😮😮😮. And that tower. If you have the guts. Stay up there in that weather. BETTER be kitted out in the right gear. For one's own sake. Wet suit. Rain coats. Wellington's. Etc. What a lovely. Adventure for. Me if I. Was. 30 years younger

[@Denny_Boi]

There was a pretty bad storm 8 years ago. I wouldn't say it happens every year, but definitely on a cycle.

[@fullbucketlist777]

Hey, I also filmed same time as you. You in my youtube video Full Bucket List Was a great Experience. 😂

[@CharmaineNel-t4n]

Ocean very powerful 😮😮😮😮

[@livinglifetothefullest22]

Thanks for sharing! Taking out the sound of the wind and edding some beautiful music would've been spectacular...

[@jesusistruth9424]

Funny 🤣 As for me I like the sound- that shows we are created differently👏🏼

[@JackiSands1]

It's meant to be immersive. As far as possible to provide the experience.

[@Avuyilefaku5455]

No body can stand on the way of nature

[@Livingmarks25]

Heyy, thanks for posting this... am coming to CPT nextweek,.. hope the weather can be sunny by then .. where can i rent the bike? TIA and keep safe

[@BikeandWalkCapeTown]

upcycles.co.za, there are others you can google for locations.

[@Livingmarks25]

@@BikeandWalkCapeTown how is the situation rn My flight is on 15th. April

[@jameslangridge1674]

@Livingmarks25 Wind prediction next week looks breezy South East (same direction as in this video), but way less strength. Still strong if you are not used to any wind. Mostly the Friday (12th), and the Sat, but by the Sunday it looks nice again. Enjoy your stay.

[@Livingmarks25]

@@jameslangridge1674 thank you for the info. I shall continue my plan. Hopefully my accom is not affected heheheg

[@jameslangridge1674]

@@Livingmarks25 Keep in mind that almost the entire cape peninsula is affected by the south east wind. A few areas here and there are protected from it, but most places feel it (Locals are generally very used to it). It is slightly unusual to be experiencing such a strong S/East wind at this time of the year. Side note: (gale force SE wind + dark rain clouds=Black South Easter, but when only a steady 25-45km/h, it is more generally known as the Cape Doctor, and is a summer trade wind). Usually this time of the year is a slightly calmer, peaceful time, weatherwise, as the truly hot, summer days are over and the winter storms haven't arrived in full force yet. Fingers crossed you get the lovely clear, windless blue-sky days that we often experience throughout Autumn and Winter, usually between big storms. Cheers and be safe.

[@altaroux1415]

What about Cape Point, Green Point, False Bay?

[@dorothykennedy9529]

God is speaking people get ready open the door of your hearts and let Him in❤

[@jesusistruth9424]

Amen✝️🕎💝🖖🏽🇿🇦

[@henningvisser1108]

WRONG. God does not act upon invitation.

[@cokeweasel1064]

Get out of here with your cringe

[@JackiSands1]

Yes, he said his spirit does not strive with man for always.(Paraphrased) He is slowly releasing his hold over the elements.

[@kholofeloshubane2753]

So true he does,this are the times where we have to be vigilant and ready.

[@phoebevaughan8384]

This is winter proper, cold, wet & windy.....The video is evidence of the intensity, none other than the Cape....

[@ShaunCounihan-ud4de]

Mother Nature at its best ❤

[@mod3lur548]

Mariners nightmare. High winds and rough seas. What times of the year is the weather bad in the Capes?

[@Zenda_Nior]

Winter, end of May to beginning September but this out of season freak weather is apparently because of the eclipse which is happening within 24 hrs.

[@glynn4302]

But we had a nice calm hot long summer ❤

[@flyboy496]

​@Zenda_Nior🙄 Hou op kak praat! Eclipse bringing storms. Stop tikking

[@Macedonia270]

@@flyboy496 Apparently bring dit ook Armageddon...

@@Macedonia270 lol

[@BirdieBlue5602]

The scariest thing was when Strand beach moved back. We thought we're going to be washed away.

[@colourinmyrainbow]

I wonder how the Brass Bell is faring today, 2 mths later...the 7th July 2024.

[@Loneranger670]

For this who live in CT, we know that this type of storm precedes the “Snoek” season….. Yum.

[@tynosiya696]

At least is not caused by foreigners😢

[@DownButNotOutYet]

Good grief, I would never sleep in those conditions. The video is magnificent, but the sea is so unpredictable. No wonder it is called the Cape of Storms. Those conditions are too tough for me, I do not like cold damp and windy conditions at all. The Highveld has the best climatic conditions. Africa is not for sussies that is for sure. Enjoy the challenging weather conditions keep safe.

[@deirdrelewis1454]

No chance! I HATE the heat!! Cape Town any day!!!

[@wallywakes8688]

My concern is just how much more the pier can actually handle. 20 min drive from my place. Love my city toooo much.

[@markthompson4859]

awesome video. Tks. Now, if only UAP's were filmed this clearly

[@michalf6460]

woow !

[@Nanw23]

Cute Seal @ 4:30 to 4:45 !!!

[@4672-m9f]

very cool

[@micasa6493]

South Easter blowing a gale in April? Weather could be all over the place because of the eclipse but bear in mind El Nino is predicted to return this summer (water rationing) hold on to your hats.

[@ninaromm5491]

@Micasa . El Nino already in operation... Effects will increase in intensity. See Al Jazeera a few days ago on substantial report by experts on Southern part of Africa... After a global climate change Conference. Most analysts forgo a discussion on North/South differentials, unfortunately.

[@hanafri8]

LA Nina is predicted for next season.

[@grantpedder7719]

Got your attention as well? "Black South Easter" storm in April??? They're messing with the weather and calling it *_climate change_* and we know it. See eg "HAARP".

[@sandrajansevanvuuren7891]

The Suidooster blow a gale in any season, but the Eclipse do affect the tide

[@EssieEssiedevries]

Wish i was on a Lilo there

[@pattimorton7588]

😂😂😂

[@TembelaniDyantyi-z3n]

Scary with o e not familiar with this kind d of cha ge in weather, especially when the seas become "hostile" in this manner, but anyway mama nature talks.❤❤❤

[@Cindy-v8k]

Weather has been crazy. Suns coming out this morning luckily. Yo... Those boats dont look like theyve passed seaworthy in a decade! 😂 Thats Kalk Bay for ya

[@eunidapieters9331]

O boy, it's the eclipse in America, I tell you😂 hugeeee impact, hugeeee!!

[@Denny_Boi]

That seal must be thinking "At least you don't have to live in the water"

[@mod3lur548]

It's good the boats are sheltered behind the Quay wall. When the seas are bad like this out to sea. You sleep like a baby. The swells rock you to sleep

[@tracypillay8635]

Those waves don't know if they're coming or going

[@rachael-777]

Whaahaha swishing to n fro, there they go! 😂

[@ramonatoloza5313]

Misericordia señor 😢

I wouldn't park off at Brass Bell , one wave is enough.

[@RotuaRatnawati]

Easther looking for HAMAN

[@nenemahlangu5539]

It’s crazy how beach sand can survive this

[@JackiSands1]

Most beach sand probably used to be rocks 😂

[@nenemahlangu5539]

@@JackiSands1 which means Beach sand always goes back home even after such a tough beating 💔

[@DesireeRentel]

Hate it these severe storms frightening 😮

[@sandrajansevanvuuren7891]

Not frightening really. I lived in the Strand for years, where the sea sometimes flowed in my house.

[@Nanw23]

If one sees the vastness of the Sea, human being are so tiny and Mother Nature is the ultimate truth....whether one makes it in life or not reaching the goal in life !!

[@davidihlenfeldt2726]

Those swells are natural speed bumps for ships so they dont speed on water

[@veronicaarendse]

Why is poeple still there..i can here kids in the background too🤦

[@petes9524]

Because those people are poeples

[@alicehoya5258]

😂😂😂😂

[@Rose-n8k7n]

What a dangerous area ,don't play with God's power it's too powerful 🙏

[@magloirentaba8142]

Some People are losing their homes, worse case, their lives and there are certain individuals you're actually enjoying this weather conditions 😞

[@matyilagoodwish]

😢 hectic

[@NicoBotha-t2z]

N mase storm soos ons innie kaap se

[@patriciakhanye7411]

Yhooo🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄I'm SCARED XEM NGEEEEKE

[@sunilosmanofficial]

😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@lintondilley5454]

Let’s go surfing swells look nice 😂

[@maggielaubscher1488]

Horrible weather.....give me Pretoria anytime!!!!

[@helengalassi6065]

no cat walk today

[@BikeandWalkCapeTown]

@@helengalassi6065 nothing spectacular around midday, was pretty calm

[@bashirahmadniyazi7752]

As we sow so shall we reap

[@NM-kf8pb]

Relevance?

[@shauncoetzee5136]

End time global signs all over the world, Read mathew 24 and luke chapter 21 Before Jesus Christ / Yeshua comes back all these signs must come to pass,,SO EVERYONE MUST TRULY REPENT FROM ALL SINS ,KNOWN AND SECRET SINS😳 BEFORE THEY GO TO THE GRAVE AS ON JUDGMENT DAY,,NO MORE MERCY, NO MORE GRACE, NO MORE REPENTANCE,,, TOO LATE ,CALL☝️ UPON THE LORD JESUS TODAY,,TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE ❤🙏

[@flyboy496]

🙄🙄

[@stubromac2711]

You’re nuts

[@catherinethemba]

Please get back on your psych meds.

[@henrymiller3663]

I want what your smoking.

[@thetruthonly6399]

Poepol

[@pandoraalberts5267]

Brass Bell... Only restaurant that serves beer with salt.

[@ChrisJackson-c3i]

Love your humour

[@pandoraalberts5267]

@@ChrisJackson-c3i 🤗🍻

[@Rose-n8k7n]

Surrender to God's grace 🙏 of mercy

[@Slappies007]

Reeds 110mm+ sedert die naweek gehad 🫣

[@dydimusbolton9846]

THIS is why i woud never live so close to the sea.. in CAPETOWN.. common sense tells you this

[@LaylahWilliams-cf6hq]

5minutes drive with a car from my house 2Kalkbay

[@Sher5238]

How did the Brass Bell fare this time?

[@bigwhale5840]

Mathew 24.

[@dydimusbolton9846]

ALL THIS WEATHER IS AN ACT OF GOD ..IF YOU PLEASE...

[@peterprentice9179]

why shout?

[@doloreskinnear6542]

Listen God is talking

[@peterprentice9179]

all I could here was wind noise

[@hansemannluchter643]

Damn cow-burps! Do as Greta says and the weather will be gooder!!

[@clownbooface2624]

ECO NUTS! VEGANIZE!!!

[@janevanreenen8768]

Old footage of restaurant…

[@BikeandWalkCapeTown]

I just have this old footage, kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4KvZKd5nb-EbsUsi=23545Txdz6h3NBXS

[@mogamedfakier3592]

Cape of storms it used to be called by the old sailors the British changed it to Cape of Good Hope to encourage settlers to come here

[@Carol-ye7vw]

Repent SA repent. The world needs to repent before it's too late. ENDTIMES. This is the start from today God is giving signs

[@patrickt6540]

Mother Ganga is very angry.It’s the signs of the times.

[@magrietguthrie8661]

Luke 21:25-27 KJV And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.🙏🏻

[@melanieknight8179]

We have had the same weather for hundres of years. Its either a drought or flood, famine or feast, plagues, sickness and times of abundence it has nothing to do with global warming, and so it shall be until the Lod returns. Could be 10 days, 10 years or 1000 years.

[@andrepotgieter7083]

Global weather patterns have certainly changed and scenes like this are going to become more frequent and severe around our coast line going forward!

[@melanieknight8179]

Its been hapoening for centuries....nothing has changed. Pagues, famine, droughts, floods, disease, wars, peace etc this is NOTHING new. And generally on a 7 year cycle..,God is in control

[@GregoryJByrne]

"The new moon tides are a pale shadow of Noah's tidal tsunamis to come." Jesus

[@grantpedder7719]

*_The brown foam spraying all over the restorant at Kalk Baai... is that not sewerage in the sea??? "The city that works for you!"_* 🤣🤣🤣

[@jameslangridge1674]

Brown foam, which is occasionally seen on our beaches from time to time is called surf foam or surf scum. It can be easily mistaken for pollution, but it isn't. It is a collection of millions of microscopic algae (bloom) and is a natural phenomenon. Also, brown sea foam is normal and generally nothing to do with pollution, but as a result of churned up stuff (usually river silt, but also from kelp beds being smashed against rocks etc) from the sea floor, and it is very common after high winds and big waves.

[@grantpedder7719]

@@jameslangridge1674 Ja, just like the brown foam that *_STARTS at the Strandfontein sewerage outlet_* on Baden Powel and spreads West along the beach 24hrs/day, 365 days/year for many kilometers. *_Must be those "smashed up kelp and micro organisims"_* Can't possibly be a broken or overloaded sewerage plant. Never saw this in the 1970's with horses down on that beach, ever! Zeekoevlei which is a few hundred metres north of this sewerage plant, where I lived for 52 years became a sewerage dump with the *_city that works for you_* council sending warnings about water pollution. Give me a break, I've got eyes.

[@grantpedder7719]

@@jameslangridge1674 That's BS and we know it.

[@grantpedder7719]

@@SB-wh9kf If it's not BS then explain the brown stuff coming out of the canal which starts at Rondevlei and is joined by the overflow from the sewerage works, between Muizenburg and Strandfontein? Even a person with 50% vision can see it, the same stuff that screwed the reverse osmosis plants in 2017, Waterfront and False Bay, it was sewerage. Remember the Day Zero lies? If that's kelp then I'll show you my cattle ranch in Adderley St. Also, we sailed up the West coast last year and could only stand 2 weeks at anchor in St Helena Bay, totally polluted. Spent 4 months in Saldanha, not so bad. All of our coast line is polluted. False Bay is particularly bad, even the fish have run away, ask the fishermen, they'll tell you. Certainly don't believe a word that a Councillor tells you, they're all psychopathic liars....with an agenda. Take care.

[@giuseppersa2391]

God? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@susanjoubert2141]

God is angry about. Joslin

[@cokeweasel1064]

Imagine thinking it was a great idea to build right on the fucken waterline

[@didiaboo8316]

Every year it's getting worse...next time the buildings will be gone

[@jkgcank9]

Who cares?