Cape Town IS Beach Country! South Africa Beaches

Welcome to the beaches of the Southern Peninsula - False Bay

Beaches - False Bay East I Beaches - Table Bay I Beaches Southern Peninsula

Melkbaai (translated "Milk Bay") - Safe swimming beach at the Strand (follow the R44 South) Wind surfing, jet ski-ing, surfing, sun bathing, swimming. Restaurants and pubs on beachfront. Stay over at this Beach

Gordon's Bay Beach - smaller beach, restaurants and beach cafe's along beach front. Very shallow surf, you can almost walk 50 meters in knee deep water at low tide. Perfect beach for family outings. swimming and sun bathing)

Bikini Beach, a small beach, popular for sun tanning and for swimming and a lovely surfing spot on the one end of the beach.

Gordon's Bay harbour - a small harbour next to the SA Naval College. Yacht Club, boat trips, and water ski-ing. There are no less than three seafood restaurants in this quaint harbour.

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KFM Radio offers a morning surf report every weekday morning presented by Deon Bing. Tune in to KFM on 94.5 FM in Cape Town. KFM Radio also provides summer beach reports.

In summer you would generally not need a wet suit in the Cape unless you are surfing on the West Coast where the water temperatures can get pretty refreshing. The False Bay surf spots and further Eastward offer pleasant water temperatures and wet suits are generally not needed here.

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