Arguably the world’s best right-hand pointbreak, the long walls of Jeffreys Bay lies forty-five miles southwest of Port Elizabeth on the eastern cape of South Africa. On rare occasions when J-Bay lines up perfectly, it’s possible to start up at what’s known as Boneyards and finish all the way down at The Point (over 1km). But the 10 different sections need strong offshores and decent size swell to start connecting up. Supertubes, which itself breaks for about 300 metres or more, is regarded as the best part of the wave but obviously locals rule the joint and, as the name suggests, more than often will close out at Impossibles.

If you’ve ever watched the world’s best do battle at J-Bay, you’ll know even the Top 34 can at times struggle to fit turns in or keep pace with the racey right-hand walls. So yes you’ll most likely want to be drawing a high line too.

Season/Swell: May to mid-September, but July and August are the most dependable with weeks of back-to-back long-interval swell allowing various J-Bay sections to link up. The WCT event is usually scheduled mid-July.

What you’ll need: A good wetsuit and a pintail of course.

Watch out for: Curious great whites. Just ask Mick Fanning.

Also: Tom Curren is generally acknowledged as the master out there (see below). Of the current world tour generation, it doesn’t get much better than Parko and Fanning.