Strand
Surf and dive town · South Africa
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Beds: 53 places
53 places to stay within 2 km, 1 of them campsites.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£45 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£55 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£70 a night
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.comSpots near here: 24 places in 2 sports
Surf · this week
Koeelbay (caves) · about 25 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
41 out of 100Koeelbay (Ledges) · about 25 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
41 out of 100Koeelbay (Main beach) · about 25 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
41 out of 100Paranoia · about 30 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
41 out of 100Tidal Pools · about 30 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
40 out of 100Virgin Point · about 20 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
35 out of 100Die Poort · about 5 min by car
34 out of 100Greenways Reef · about 5 min by car
34 out of 100
All 23 surf spots
AECI beachbreak. · about 5 min by car
33 out of 100Silkies · about 5 min by car
33 out of 100Blinkklip Inner Reef · about 5 min by car
32 out of 100Blinkklip Reef · about 5 min by car
32 out of 100Duckies Reef · about 5 min by car
32 out of 100Seconds · about 5 min by car · stays in Somerset West
32 out of 100Seconds · about 5 min by car · stays in Somerset West
32 out of 100Strand (pipe) · about 5 min by car
32 out of 100Gordons Bay, Back Reef · about 15 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
29 out of 100Gordons Bay, Bikini Shorebreak. · about 15 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
29 out of 100Gordons Bay, helicopters · about 15 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
28 out of 100Gordon's Bay , Bikini beach · about 15 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
27 out of 100Monwabisi · about 25 min by car · stays in Khayelitsha
27 out of 100Harbour Island · about 10 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
26 out of 100Nine mile Reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Khayelitsha
26 out of 100
Dive · this week
Drop Zone · 7.4 km · stays here
44 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 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
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the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Strand.
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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 and 1 dive site.
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 . 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).