The best surf hotels · Jeffreys Bay
Shaloha Guesthouse on Supertubes
Ross and Zandra built their family holiday home above Supertubes and lived in it for years before opening the doors to guests — which is exactly why it feels like neither a hotel nor a guesthouse, but a house that happens to have five rooms and someone who knows every section of the break by name. The property sits directly above the WSL Championship Tour contest site: on the right swell, you watch the world's best surfers from your bed. Ross surfs Supertubes himself and gives guests the kind of local knowledge that changes how a session goes — which tide, which section, which crowd. Zandra runs the house. Daily breakfast, evening braai with firewood, two lounges, a library, and a kitchen that guests share. The surf blogs call it the best place to stay in J-Bay and almost didn't want to say so.
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The hotel
The surf
Ross surfs Supertubes himself. He knows which section is holding, which tide to paddle out on, and where the crowd will be.
Most surf hotels tell you where the wave is. Shaloha tells you how to surf it. Ross has been in the Supertubes lineup for years and shares session knowledge the way a local does — which part of the point is working, when the crowd thins, where to position for the best section. The contest site is directly below the deck; in July when the WSL is running, guests watch Championship Tour heats from the upstairs lounge without leaving the house.
The surf
Ross surfs Supertubes himself. He knows which section is holding, which tide to paddle out on, and where the crowd will be.
Most surf hotels tell you where the wave is. Shaloha tells you how to surf it. Ross has been in the Supertubes lineup for years and shares session knowledge the way a local does — which part of the point is working, when the crowd thins, where to position for the best section. The contest site is directly below the deck; in July when the WSL is running, guests watch Championship Tour heats from the upstairs lounge without leaving the house.
