Dungeons, the host to Africa’s very own surfing event – the Red Bull's Big Wave Africa, is also one of the most ill-famed surfing destinations. The world believes it to be a more wicked one not for being absent of shallow waves or those breaking just before jagged reefs. The reasons to account for this is another list that includes its location (off the tip of South Africa) which lies in the icy Southern Ocean and also being a hazardous shark-bug-ridden spot not apt for surfing.

It’s not new for locals and surfers who have been there that the ‘Dungeons’ is usually approached by giant waves with stature up to 70 feet. Such a big wave reef makes it one of the most dangerous surfing spots in the world. In terms of both the size and power; these monster waves are even more terrifying than those the Mavericks experiences. Unfortunately, Dungeons suffers fright in and out of the waters too.

The highest concentrations of great white sharks that dominate the marine ambiance at a short distance and few of their tarnished fellow city dwellers, the criminals, who sway the Cape Town harmfully, make this an infamous place to surf.

The swells originated hundreds of miles far in the sea approach successively to the coastline at Dungeons. Their uninterrupted and elongated journey bestow them immense power and strength. When they meet up with the below the surface topography, they grow in the air to be the taller and steeper waves enthralling surfers to embark on adventurous rides. But occasionally, even professional surfers like Mark Healy, a Hawaiian surf-expert who lost his eardrum during an event at Dungeons in 2008, find these giant waves dangerous which brought them severe injuries.