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Cape Town

Surf, sailing, dive and climbing town · South Africa

Surf, sailing, dive and climbing, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search

Beds: 397 places

397 places to stay within 2 km, 1 of them campsites.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 397 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 111 places in 4 sports

Surf · this week

Nine mile Reef · about 50 min by car · stays in Khayelitsha
42 out of 100
The Bluff left · about 20 min by car · stays in Camps Bay
39 out of 100
Glen Beach · about 10 min by car
37 out of 100
Glen Reef · about 10 min by car
37 out of 100
Camps Bay shorey · about 10 min by car
36 out of 100
Cannonball Reef · about 15 min by car
36 out of 100
Milton Pool left · about 10 min by car
36 out of 100
Selis · about 25 min by car · stays in Blouberg
36 out of 100

All 103 surf spots

Solly's · about 10 min by car
36 out of 100
1st Bank · about 10 min by car
35 out of 100
Bakoven · about 10 min by car
35 out of 100
Bali Bay · about 10 min by car
35 out of 100
Cherry Rock · about 10 min by car
35 out of 100
Clifton 3rd Beach · about 10 min by car
35 out of 100
Clifton 4th Beach · about 10 min by car
35 out of 100
Rocklands · about 10 min by car
35 out of 100
Sewers · about 10 min by car
35 out of 100
Tidals · about 10 min by car
35 out of 100
Gasworks · about 10 min by car
34 out of 100
Gunties · about 10 min by car
34 out of 100
Hout Bay · about 30 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
34 out of 100
Llandudno · about 20 min by car · stays in Llandudno
34 out of 100
Llandudno (Outer Reef) · about 20 min by car · stays in Llandudno
34 out of 100
Mac's spot · about 20 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
34 out of 100
Queens · about 10 min by car
34 out of 100
1ste Steen · about 35 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
2de Steen · about 35 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
3de Steen · about 35 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
Big Bay · about 30 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
Blaauwberg · about 25 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
Captains · about 45 min by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
33 out of 100
Crayfish Reef · about 40 min by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
33 out of 100
Derde Steen · about 35 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
Haakgat Point · about 35 min by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
33 out of 100
Holbaai · about 40 min by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
33 out of 100
Horse Trails · about 30 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
Kamer van 17 · about 30 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
Little Bay · about 30 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
Secrets (Chapmans Peak Shorey) · about 30 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
33 out of 100
Shells · about 35 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
Slabberts · about 45 min by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
33 out of 100
Snottballs · about 30 min by car · stays in Blouberg
33 out of 100
Van Riebeek · about 50 min by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
33 out of 100
11th Ave Melkbos Strand · about 40 min by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
32 out of 100
Beach road · about 40 min by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
32 out of 100
Chapman's Peak mystery lefts. · about 30 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
32 out of 100
Dungeons · about 30 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
32 out of 100
Dungeons (The Slab section) · about 30 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
32 out of 100
Electrics · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
32 out of 100
Tube Wave · about 40 min by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
32 out of 100
Kommetjie · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
31 out of 100
Krans · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
31 out of 100
Long Dong Island · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
31 out of 100
Noordhoek Beach · about 40 min by car · stays in Noordhoek
31 out of 100
Sunset Beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Milnerton
31 out of 100
Kakapo · about 40 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
30 out of 100
Pebbles Shorey · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
30 out of 100
Washing Machines · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
30 out of 100
Witsands · about 50 min by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
30 out of 100
Barnicles · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
29 out of 100
Battery · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
29 out of 100
Boneyards · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
29 out of 100
Dangers, reef · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
29 out of 100
Dunes · about 40 min by car · stays in Noordhoek
29 out of 100
Inner kom · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
29 out of 100
Kelp Factory · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
29 out of 100
Lagoon Mouth · about 15 min by car
29 out of 100
Ledge · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
29 out of 100
Outer Kom · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
29 out of 100
pitzmah (clazo's ledge) · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
29 out of 100
Sunset reef · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
29 out of 100
The Hoek · about 35 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
29 out of 100
Crabs · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
28 out of 100
I&J's · about 50 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
28 out of 100
Misty Cliffs · about 55 min by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
28 out of 100
Selecta's Wedge · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
28 out of 100
Conveyer Belts · about 55 min by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
27 out of 100
Crayfish Factory · about 55 min by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
27 out of 100
Drainpipes · about 50 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
27 out of 100
K 364 · about 50 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
27 out of 100
K 365 · about 50 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
27 out of 100
Kalk Bay (Backdoor) · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
27 out of 100
Kalk Bay Reef · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
27 out of 100
Mysto Freight Trains · about 50 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
27 out of 100
Off The Wall · about 10 min by car
27 out of 100
The Boiler · about 50 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
27 out of 100
Off the wall, Kalk Bay · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
26 out of 100
Wipey's · about 45 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
26 out of 100
Dumps · about 15 min by car
25 out of 100
Baileys cottage · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Cemetery · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Clovelly · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Clovelly Wedge · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Dolose point · about 10 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Glencairn Reef · about 45 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Hout Bay Harbour Wall · about 30 min by car · stays in Hout Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Milnerton · about 15 min by car · stays in Milnerton · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Muizenberg · about 35 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Railways · about 15 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Sandy Bay · about 25 min by car · stays in Hout Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Sandy Bay south · about 25 min by car · stays in Hout Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
The Wedge · about 10 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Thermopylae · about 10 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score

Sailing · this week

Royal Cape Yacht Club · 2.5 km · stays here
38 out of 100

Dive · this week

Two Oceans Aquarium · 2.3 km · stays here
60 out of 100
Highfields · 4.9 km · stays here
59 out of 100
SS Cape Matapan · 4.7 km · stays here
59 out of 100
Tafelberg Reef · 4.7 km · stays here
59 out of 100
Het Huis te Kraaienstjin · 7.7 km · stays here
42 out of 100
MV Daeyang Family · 10.3 km · stays here
36 out of 100

Climbing · this week

Classroom Boulder · 4.8 km · stays here
43 out of 100

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Cape Town.

Places to eat

6 near Cape Town

Places to eat near Cape Town

SuperfoodsGluten free · 0.1 km from the centre
Amici RestaurantItalian · 0.2 km from the centre
95 KeeromMediterranean · 0.3 km from the centre
Carne Keerom Cape TownItalian · 0.3 km from the centre
Ciao PizzaPizza · 0.3 km from the centre
Royale EateryBurger · 0.3 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Cape Town on Google Maps

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 30 km from Cape Town.

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Photos of Cape Town

Frenchconsulatecpt — Photo: Snazzledizzle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

AHI Treasures of Southern Africa 3-07 0354 N — Photo: Joe Ross from Lansing, Michigan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Cape Town

where it is, what is near

Cape Town is a town in Western Cape, South Africa.

From Cape Town you can reach 103 surf spots, 1 sailing spot, 6 dive sites and 1 climbing area.

The nearest is Two Oceans Aquarium, a dive site 2.3 km from the centre.

Overture lists 397 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 18 km away.

In Western Cape · South Africa

397 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 18 km

Forecast updated Sun 1 Nov, 21:16 UTC. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).