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Umkomaas

Surf and dive town · South Africa

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Beds: 20 places

20 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 20 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 18 places in 2 sports

Surf · this week

  • Baggies · about 30 min by car · stays in Amanzimtoti

    43 out of 100
  • Happy Wanderers · about 35 min by car · stays in Pennington

    43 out of 100
  • Karridene Illovo Beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Kingsburgh

    43 out of 100
  • Subways · about 30 min by car · stays in Kingsburgh

    43 out of 100
  • Warner Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Kingsburgh

    43 out of 100
  • Winkle Rocks · about 25 min by car · stays in Kingsburgh

    43 out of 100
  • AmazimToti · about 35 min by car · stays in Amanzimtoti

    42 out of 100
  • Donkey Kong Island · about 30 min by car · stays in Pennington

    42 out of 100
All 15 surf spots
  • Garfield · about 30 min by car · stays in Amanzimtoti

    42 out of 100
  • Gremmies · about 35 min by car · stays in Amanzimtoti

    42 out of 100
  • Rocky Bay · about 30 min by car · stays in Pennington

    42 out of 100
  • Vulamanzi Point · about 35 min by car · stays in Pennington

    42 out of 100
  • Black Rock · about 15 min by car · stays in Scottburgh

    41 out of 100
  • Green Point · about 10 min by car

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

    41 out of 100

Dive · this week

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 Umkomaas.

Places to eat

5 near Umkomaas

Places to eat near Umkomaas

  • Italian Club - UmkomaasItalian · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Blue Ocean Restaurant and Bar0.3 km from the centre
  • Lunathi RestaurantSeafood · 0.6 km from the centre
  • Waves Restaurant0.6 km from the centre
  • Enzo Pizzeria Umkomaas0.3 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

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 Umkomaas.

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About Umkomaas

where it is, what is near

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

From Umkomaas you can reach 15 surf spots and 3 dive sites.

The nearest is Green Point, a surf spot 5 km from the centre.

Overture lists 20 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB), 73 km away.

In KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

  • 20 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB), 73 km, Margate Airport (MGH), 84 km, Richards Bay Airport (RCB), 206 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).