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HER - Rocky coast of Walker Bay near Hermanus, South Africa, 2017
Hermanus. Photo: Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Hermanus

Surf, sailing and mountain biking town · South Africa

Score a trip to Hermanus

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

Beds: 104 places

104 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 104 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 19 places in 3 sports

Surf · this week

All 16 surf spots
  • Magnet Rock · about 15 min by car

    35 out of 100
  • Mini Reef · about 15 min by car

    35 out of 100
  • Sandbaai · about 10 min by car

    35 out of 100
  • Sandbaai Beach · about 10 min by car

    35 out of 100
  • Vendetta Reef · about 15 min by car

    35 out of 100
  • Hawston · about 20 min by car · stays in Hawston

    34 out of 100
  • Onrus · about 15 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Baby J · about 20 min by car

    33 out of 100

Sailing · this week

Mountain biking · this week

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 Hermanus.

Places to eat

6 near Hermanus

Places to eat near Hermanus

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

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 Hermanus.

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Photos of Hermanus

Hermanus - room with a view - panoramio
Photo: Kevin Stroup, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Harbour, Hermanus 02
Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Harbour at Hermanus - panoramio
Photo: Glany Saldanha, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Hermanus

where it is, what is near

Hermanus is a town in Western Cape, South Africa.

From Hermanus you can reach 16 surf spots, 1 sailing spot and 2 mountain bike areas.

The nearest is Bayview, a surf spot 1.5 km from the centre.

Overture lists 104 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 76 km away.

In Western Cape · South Africa

  • 104 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 76 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).