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Umhlanga sunrise – Panorama (Greg Zaal via Poly Haven)
Umhlanga. Photo: Greg Zaal, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Umhlanga

Surf, kitesurf and windsurf town · South Africa

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Beds: 138 places

138 places to stay within 2 km.

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 138 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 26 places in 3 sports

Surf · this week

  • Vetchies Reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Durban

    39 out of 100
  • Blue Lagoon · about 20 min by car · stays in Durban

    37 out of 100
  • River Mouth · about 20 min by car · stays in Durban

    37 out of 100
  • Tongaat - Westbrook · about 30 min by car · stays in Ballito

    37 out of 100
  • Breakers · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Bronze Beach · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Geteway Wavehouse · about 5 min by car · stays in Umhlanga Rocks

    34 out of 100
  • La Mercy · about 20 min by car · stays in Umdloti

    34 out of 100
All 24 surf spots
  • Peace Cottage · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Umdloti · about 15 min by car · stays in Umdloti

    34 out of 100
  • umdloti tidal pool · about 15 min by car · stays in Umdloti

    34 out of 100
  • Umhlanga Main Beach · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Umhlanga Rocks · about 5 min by car · stays in Umhlanga Rocks

    34 out of 100
  • Tekweni Beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Durban

    33 out of 100
  • Battery Beach · about 25 min by car · stays in Durban

    32 out of 100
  • Bay of Plenty · about 25 min by car · stays in Durban

    32 out of 100
  • Oasis · about 25 min by car · stays in Durban

    32 out of 100
  • Snake park · about 25 min by car · stays in Durban

    32 out of 100
  • Sunkist · about 25 min by car · stays in Durban

    32 out of 100
  • Dairy Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Durban

    29 out of 100
  • North Beach Durban · about 30 min by car · stays in Durban

    29 out of 100
  • Wedge · about 30 min by car · stays in Durban

    29 out of 100
  • New Pier · about 30 min by car · stays in Durban

    27 out of 100
  • South Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Durban

    27 out of 100

Kitesurf · this week

  • Umhlanga · 0.7 km · stays here

    42 out of 100

Windsurf · this week

  • Umhlanga · 0.7 km · stays here

    58 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 Umhlanga.

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 Umhlanga.

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Photos of Umhlanga

Umhlanga - panoramio
Photo: landagent, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The pearls of Umhlanga - panoramio
Photo: landagent, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Umhlanga Rocks - panoramio
Photo: Hendrik van den Berg, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Umhlanga

where it is, what is near

Umhlanga is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

From Umhlanga you can reach 24 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot and 1 windsurf spot.

The nearest is Umhlanga Rocks, a surf spot under 0.1 km from the centre.

Overture lists 138 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB), 67 km away.

In KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

  • 138 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB), 67 km, Margate Airport (MGH), 145 km, Richards Bay Airport (RCB), 147 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).