East London
Surf, kitesurf and windsurf town · South Africa
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Beds: 86 places
86 places to stay within 2 km.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£45 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£55 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£70 a night
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 86 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 13 places in 3 sports
Surf · this week
Igoda · about 30 min by car
50 out of 100Naidoo's Point · about 15 min by car
48 out of 100Bonza Bay · about 15 min by car
46 out of 100Eastern Beach · about 5 min by car
45 out of 100Gashers · about 5 min by car
44 out of 100Gonubie Lefts · about 30 min by car · stays in Gonubie
44 out of 100Kennaway Ledge · about 5 min by car
44 out of 100Nahoon Beach Break · about 10 min by car
44 out of 100
All 11 surf spots
Kidds Beach · about 45 min by car
43 out of 100Gonubie Point · about 30 min by car · stays in Gonubie
42 out of 100Nahoon Reef · about 10 min by car · Not for intermediates
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Kitesurf · this week
East London · 1 km · stays here
0 out of 100
Windsurf · this week
East London · 1 km · stays here
4 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 East London; a spot more than 20 km away stays here because East London is the nearest town with beds.
Places to eat
6 near East London
Places to eat near East London
- Debonairs Pizza Gillwell MallPizza · 0.2 km from the centre
- Debonairs Pizza Oxford StreetPizza · 0.5 km from the centre
- Hungry Lion Oxford StreetChicken · 0.5 km from the centre
- McDonald'sBurger · 0.5 km from the centre
- Nando'sChicken · 0.5 km from the centre
- Steers Oxford StreetBurger · 0.5 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
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the town and every place near it
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 20 km from East London.
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About East London
where it is, what is near
East London is a town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
From East London you can reach 11 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot and 1 windsurf spot, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away.
The nearest is East London, a kitesurf and windsurf spot 1 km from the centre.
Overture lists 86 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is King Phalo Airport (ELS), 7 km away.
In Eastern Cape · South Africa
- 86 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: King Phalo Airport (ELS), 7 km, K. D. Matanzima Airport (UTT), 179 km, Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ), 238 km
Forecast updated . 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).