Strand. Photo: Azwi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Strand

Surf town · South Africa

Score a trip to Strand

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

Beds: 53 places

53 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 53 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 23 surf spots

Surf · this week

Virgin Point · about 20 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
50 out of 100
AECI beachbreak. · about 5 min by car
45 out of 100
Blinkklip Inner Reef · about 5 min by car
45 out of 100
Die Poort · about 5 min by car
45 out of 100
Duckies Reef · about 5 min by car
45 out of 100
Greenways Reef · about 5 min by car
45 out of 100
Seconds · about 5 min by car · stays in Somerset West
45 out of 100
Seconds · about 5 min by car · stays in Somerset West
45 out of 100

All 23 surf spots

Silkies · about 5 min by car
45 out of 100
Strand (pipe) · about 5 min by car
45 out of 100
Blinkklip Reef · about 5 min by car
44 out of 100
Monwabisi · about 25 min by car · stays in Khayelitsha
43 out of 100
Nine mile Reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Khayelitsha
39 out of 100
Koeelbay (caves) · about 25 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
38 out of 100
Koeelbay (Ledges) · about 25 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
38 out of 100
Koeelbay (Main beach) · about 25 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
38 out of 100
Paranoia · about 30 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
37 out of 100
Tidal Pools · about 30 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
37 out of 100
Harbour Island · about 10 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
31 out of 100
Gordon's Bay , Bikini beach · about 15 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordons Bay, Back Reef · about 15 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordons Bay, Bikini Shorebreak. · about 15 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordons Bay, helicopters · about 15 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · 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 Strand.

Places to eat

6 near Strand

Places to eat near Strand

Cape Town Fish MarketSeafood · 0.9 km from the centre
Addis in Cape Ethiopian RestaurantEthiopian · 1.0 km from the centre
Ben's on the BeachSteakhouse · 1.0 km from the centre
De BrasserieBelgian · 1.0 km from the centre
Chilli Bae StrandIndian · 1.2 km from the centre
Pap Mama African CuisineAfrican · 1.2 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

Map

the town and every place near it

Strand 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 Strand.

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Photos of Strand

Clouds at Strand Beach - panoramio — Photo: Glany Saldanha, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Wolf Moon , Smallest Full Moon of 2014 View from St. Tropez, Strand - panoramio — Photo: Glany Saldanha, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Lourens River Mouth — Photo: Cajol Lefty, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

About Strand

where it is, what is near

Strand is a town in Western Cape, South Africa.

From Strand you can reach 23 surf spots.

The nearest is Silkies, a surf spot 1.2 km from the centre.

Overture lists 53 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 25 km away.

In Western Cape · South Africa

53 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 25 km

Forecast updated Sun 1 Nov, 15:16 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).