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Mossel Bay. Photo: landagent, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Mossel Bay

Surf town · South Africa

Score a trip to Mossel Bay

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

Beds: 79 places

79 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 79 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 15 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Grootbrak · about 30 min by car · stays in The Island

    56 out of 100
  • Dana Bay · about 20 min by car

    51 out of 100
  • Brak River · about 20 min by car · stays in Hartenbos

    47 out of 100
  • Kanon · about 50 min by car

    46 out of 100
  • Gouritsmouth · about 55 min by car

    44 out of 100
  • Gouritzmouth · about 55 min by car

    44 out of 100
  • Vleesbaai · about 45 min by car

    37 out of 100
  • Tidle Pool · about 55 min by car

    36 out of 100
All 15 surf spots
  • De Bakke · about 5 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Dias Beach · about 10 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Ding-Dangs · about 10 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Hartenbos · about 15 min by car · stays in Hartenbos · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Inner Pool · about 10 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Ramyatoolies · about 45 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Santos Reef · about 5 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score

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 Mossel Bay; a spot more than 20 km away stays here because Mossel Bay is the nearest town with beds.

Places to eat

6 near Mossel Bay

Places to eat near Mossel Bay

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 Mossel Bay.

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Photos of Mossel Bay

Cape St Blaize lighthouse, Mossel Bay – South Africa by Talkrabb
Photo: Talkrabb, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cape St Blaize lighthouse, Mossel Bay
Photo: Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mossel Bay & Harbour
Photo: Fihliwe from Hobart, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Mossel Bay

where it is, what is near

Mossel Bay is a town in Western Cape, South Africa.

From Mossel Bay you can reach 15 surf spots, 6 of the surf spots more than 20 km away.

The nearest is De Bakke, a surf spot 2.4 km from the centre.

Overture lists 79 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is George Airport (GRJ), 29 km away.

In Western Cape · South Africa

  • 79 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: George Airport (GRJ), 29 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).