Somerset West. Photo: Husskeyy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Somerset West

Surf, dive and mountain biking town · South Africa

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

Beds: 15 places

15 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 15 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 30 places in 3 sports

Surf · this week

Virgin Point · about 20 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
48 out of 100
Blinkklip Reef · about 5 min by car · stays in Strand
46 out of 100
Die Poort · about 10 min by car · stays in Strand
46 out of 100
Seconds · about 5 min by car
46 out of 100
Seconds · about 5 min by car
46 out of 100
AECI beachbreak. · about 5 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Blinkklip Inner Reef · about 10 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Duckies Reef · about 5 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100

All 28 surf spots

Greenways Reef · about 10 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Strand (pipe) · about 5 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Silkies · about 10 min by car · stays in Strand
44 out of 100
Monwabisi · about 20 min by car · stays in Khayelitsha
42 out of 100
Nine mile Reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Khayelitsha
41 out of 100
Jerilotto · about 45 min by car · stays in Pringle Bay
40 out of 100
Paranoia · about 35 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
37 out of 100
Tidal Pools · about 35 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
37 out of 100
Koeelbay (caves) · about 30 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
36 out of 100
Koeelbay (Ledges) · about 30 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
36 out of 100
Koeelbay (Main beach) · about 30 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
36 out of 100
Pringle Bay · about 50 min by car · stays in Pringle Bay
34 out of 100
Harbour Island · about 15 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
28 out of 100
Cemetery · about 50 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordon's Bay , Bikini beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordons Bay, Back Reef · about 20 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordons Bay, Bikini Shorebreak. · about 20 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordons Bay, helicopters · about 20 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Pringle Bay Reef · about 55 min by car · stays in Pringle Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Rooi Els · about 45 min by car · stays in Pringle Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score

Dive · this week

Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay · 1.3 km · stays here
51 out of 100

Mountain biking · this week

MTB at Lourensford · 5.3 km · stays here
80 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 Somerset West.

Map

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Somerset West 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 Somerset West.

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Photos of Somerset West

Housing in Somerset West, Cape Town — Photo: Husskeyy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

View of Strand - panoramio — Photo: Glany Saldanha, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Podiceps cristatus infuscatus, Paardevlei, Cape Town 4 — Photo: anibotani, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Somerset West

where it is, what is near

Somerset West is a town in Western Cape, South Africa.

From Somerset West you can reach 28 surf spots, 1 dive site and 1 mountain bike area.

The nearest is Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay, a dive site 1.3 km from the centre.

Overture lists 15 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 23 km away.

In Western Cape · South Africa

15 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 23 km

Forecast updated Mon 2 Nov, 00:16 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).