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Beach at Melkbosstrand
Melkbosstrand, the nearest town. Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Melkbosstrand

Surf, kitesurf and windsurf town · South Africa

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Beds: 28 places

28 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 28 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 29 places in 3 sports

Surf · this week

  • Selis · about 20 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    36

  • Gas Chambers · about 25 min by car

    35

  • Blaauwberg · about 20 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    34

  • Captains · about 5 min by car

    34

  • Crayfish Reef · about 5 min by car

    34

  • Holbaai · about 5 min by car

    34

  • Slabberts · about 5 min by car

    34

  • Van Riebeek · about 10 min by car

    34
All 27 surf spots

  • 11th Ave Melkbos Strand · about 5 min by car

    33

  • 1ste Steen · about 10 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    33

  • 2de Steen · about 10 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    33

  • 3de Steen · about 10 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    33

  • Beach road · about 5 min by car

    33

  • Big Bay · about 15 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    33

  • Derde Steen · about 10 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    33

  • Haakgat Point · about 10 min by car

    33

  • Horse Trails · about 15 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    33

  • Kamer van 17 · about 15 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    33

  • Little Bay · about 15 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    33

  • Shells · about 10 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    33

  • Snottballs · about 15 min by car · stays in Blouberg

    33

  • Tube Wave · about 5 min by car

    33

  • Sunset Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Milnerton

    30

  • Lagoon Mouth · about 35 min by car · stays in Cape Town

    28

  • Dumps · about 35 min by car · stays in Cape Town

    25

  • Milnerton · about 35 min by car · stays in Milnerton · Not for intermediates

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  • Railways · about 35 min by car · stays in Cape Town · Not for intermediates

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Kitesurf · this week

Windsurf · 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 Melkbosstrand.

Places to eat

6 near Melkbosstrand

Places to eat near Melkbosstrand

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

Melkbosstrand 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 20 km from Melkbosstrand.

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About Melkbosstrand

where it is, what is near

Melkbosstrand is a town in Western Cape, South Africa.

From Melkbosstrand you can reach 27 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot and 1 windsurf spot.

The nearest is Slabberts, a surf spot 0.6 km from the centre.

Overture lists 28 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 32 km away.

In Western Cape · South Africa

  • 28 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 32 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).