The seed of my trip was planted years before: seeing photos of vans camped out, surfboards loaded on the roof, in front of cooking waves. I’d lie in bed dreaming of exploration, and the magic moments waiting to be captured in and around the ocean. Doing some research into the vast extent of South Africa’s coastline, and the potential for scoring remote, uncrowded waves, I knew I had to pull the trigger and chase swells up and down the coast.
I traded in my hatchback for a 2009 VW Caddy van. My dad and I spent a few months
