Beaches of Cape Town

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Cape Town has a wide variety of beaches divided into three regions by the Cape Peninsula:

False Bay, including the long sandy beach running from Gordon's Bay to Muizenberg, and the smaller beaches along the East side of the Cape Peninsula
Atlantic Seaboard, along the West (Atlantic) side of the Cape Peninsula
West Coast, along the West coast running Northwards from Cape Town

The sea in False Bay is about 6 degrees warmer than the Atlantic Seaboard and the West Coast.

False Bay

Muizenberg beach

Fish Hoek beach

A long sandy beach runs more or less uninterrupted for the complete width of False Bay from Gordon's Bay to Muizenberg, forming the coast of the Cape Flats. Along the rocky Cape Peninsula, there are frequent beautiful beaches in between the mountains of the peninsula.

Gordon's Bay
Strand
Macassar
Muizenberg
St James
Kalk Bay
Fish Hoek
Glencairn, Cape Town
Boulders Beach

Atlantic Seaboard

Noordhoek beach

The Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula faces West and thus is popular for expensive homes facing the sunset views. There are many beautiful beaches below the mountains of the peninsula.

Scarborough
Kommetjie
Noordhoek
Hout Bay
Sandy Bay
Llandudno
Clifton
Camps Bay

West Coast

The West Coast beaches are long, sandy beaches to the North of Cape Town. The wind and surf conditions make these beaches popular for surfing and kite-surfing.

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