Sunset goes OFF on Thursday at 5.5 metres by 15 seconds

5.5 metres at 15 seconds were the buoy readings today, 11 February, as Sunset in Cape Town threw up some of the biggest, cleanest walls in years. A hardy paddle-in crew took on the bulging A-frame peaks, but some waves were beyond paddling into. Sean Holmes undoubtedly snagged the wave of the day, if not the year, with an ultra-clean tow-in on a 30-foot plus set. Click through photographer Ant Fox’s out-takes from another terrible summer’s day in the Cape.