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Umhlanga Rocks

Surf town · South Africa

Score a trip to Umhlanga Rocks

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Beds: 137 places

137 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 137 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 24 surf spots

Surf · this week

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

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

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

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

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

    41 out of 100
  • Oasis · about 20 min by car · stays in Durban

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

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

    41 out of 100
All 24 surf spots
  • Tekweni Beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Durban

    41 out of 100
  • Bronze Beach · about 5 min by car · stays in Umhlanga

    40 out of 100
  • Geteway Wavehouse · about 5 min by car

    40 out of 100
  • Umhlanga Main Beach · about 5 min by car · stays in Umhlanga

    40 out of 100
  • Umhlanga Rocks · about 5 min by car

    40 out of 100
  • Breakers · about 5 min by car · stays in Umhlanga

    38 out of 100
  • Tongaat - Westbrook · about 35 min by car · stays in Ballito

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

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

    38 out of 100
  • Dairy Beach · about 25 min by car · stays in Durban

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

    37 out of 100
  • North Beach Durban · about 25 min by car · stays in Durban

    37 out of 100
  • Peace Cottage · about 10 min by car · stays in Umhlanga

    37 out of 100
  • Wedge · about 25 min by car · stays in Durban

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

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

    35 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 Rocks.

Places to eat

6 near Umhlanga Rocks

Places to eat near Umhlanga Rocks

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 Umhlanga Rocks.

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Photos of Umhlanga Rocks

Umhlanga sunrise – Panorama (Greg Zaal via Poly Haven)
Photo: Greg Zaal, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Oyster Box - panoramio
Photo: landagent, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Umhlanga Rocks

where it is, what is near

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

From Umhlanga Rocks you can reach 24 surf spots.

The nearest is Umhlanga Rocks, a surf spot 0.6 km from the centre.

Overture lists 137 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

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

In KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

  • 137 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB), 67 km, Margate Airport (MGH), 144 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).