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Beach Information for Witsands

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This beach is located at 34° 10' 34" S x 18° 20' 50" E (Latitude: -34.176252, Longitude: 18.347297). You can map this location with Google Maps, Google Earth, MSN (map or satellite view), MapQuest, or MultiMap.

Other beaches near Witsands

These are closest beaches with coordinates to this beach.

• Misty Cliffs (1.1 miles / 1.7 km SE) (1 review)
• Scarborough Beach (2.3 miles / 3.7 km SE)
• Long Beach (2.9 miles / 4.7 km N/NW) (1 review)
• Noordhoek Beach (4.6 miles / 7.4 km N) (1 review)
• Boulders Beach (6.2 miles / 9.9 km E/SE) (1 review, 1 photo)
• Hout Bay (9.0 miles / 14.5 km N) (1 review, 1 photo, 1 link)
• Sandy Bay (10.6 miles / 17.0 km N) (1 review, 1 photo)
• Camps Bay (15.8 miles / 25.4 km N) (1 review, 1 link)
• Clifton Beach (16.6 miles / 26.7 km N) (1 review, 1 link)

Towns near Witsands

These are the closest towns with coordinates to this beach.

• Cape Town (18.2 miles / 29.3 km N/NE) (2 links)
• Somerset West (29.1 miles / 46.8 km E/NE)
• Stellenbosch (34.2 miles / 55.1 km E/NE)
• Grabouw (38.5 miles / 62.0 km E)
• Atlantis (42.5 miles / 68.5 km N)
• Paarl (48.1 miles / 77.4 km NE)
• Hermanus (52.9 miles / 85.1 km E/SE)
• Malmesbury (54.5 miles / 87.7 km N/NE)
• Caledon (61.3 miles / 98.7 km E)

Reviews of Witsands

Review by "rudi1380" on 08-Dec-2008

Witsands

A rugged natural beach favoured with surfers and kitesurfers. It can get very windy here and therefore it is not the best sunbathing beach. The rugged beauty of huge dunes and rough seas makes this a spectacular visit.

Facilities:

* Some parking is available however there is seldom crowds so normally just parking along the road and walking to the beach is not a huge problem
* There is no public toilets, or shops.
* No life guards.

Beach activities:

* Surfing at Wirsands:The Crayfish Factory(✪✪✪✪✪) a scary very big right-hand wave that breaks on a outside reef. One of Cape Town's heaviest waves. For experienced (crazy) surfers only. Witsands (✪) itself just a few hundred metres to the left is dull and boring in comparison. Not too much g...

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