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Muizenberg Beach

Muizenberg Beach

Muizenberg Beach
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Though the beach is still popular, the elegant splendor that once graced this seaside resort community barely shows through the paved-over streets, fast-food eateries and shopping centers.
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  • CDNMarmalade
    Edmonton, Canada143 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    If you want sand and sun, this is the place for a cheap day trip from Cape Town
    A great destination for a day trip from Cape Town. Sun, surf, clean sand and plenty of bars and restaurants if you need anything or need a break from the heat. The beach is 23km long so walks go on forever. The water is warmer here than on the Atlantic beaches too. You can use the colourful huts to get changed and there are showers to clean up before you leave. You can drive and park here for free, but we took the train, which was cheap and safe. Just make sure you sit with other people.
    Visited March 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written March 7, 2024
  • Kardoesie
    South Africa4,344 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Magnificent @ Muizenberg
    This beach offers gentle waves, warm water (for Cape Town), kilometres of beach for walks and coffee shops for afterwards! Always brimming with especially surfers. Love the bright historical huts. Ideal for a busy beach walk/ swim.
    Visited April 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written June 4, 2024
  • creativestartravel
    London, United Kingdom2,001 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Surfers paradise
    Cutest town you'll visit whilst down the coast. Enjoy 32 kilometers of unspoiled sea, surf and white sandy beach. Known for its colorful wooden bathing houses, which are also often referred to as “Edwardian Beach Houses”. The beach is shallow and there is a pavilion with changing rooms, toilets and showers. The town is nice and be careful of fake parking assistance. Be polite, don't hand over your money and find a parking spot where it's known.
    Visited November 2023
    Travelled solo
    Written June 22, 2024
  • Mikek
    Earlston, United Kingdom93 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Good family beach
    Big expanse of lovely sand, shallow water and decent waves- ideal for beginner surfers! Also better that the big finned neighbours have moved up the coast a bit! Memorable coloured beach huts. A nice family visit.
    Visited August 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written August 13, 2024
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Andrew Oliver-Morley
London, UK601 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Couples
We wanted to look at the painted beach huts so took an Uber from Cape Town via the penguins and we stayed around 5 mins !
The beach huts are a disgrace and look like they could fall down. In the next decent wind. It’s such a shame that this has been allowed to happen as there’s nothing else there really.
The area felt very rundown and a bit unsafe.
Written January 24, 2023
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Regina Ferraz Perussi
Sao Paulo, SP44 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Family
It is a beach with less cold waters than those in Cape Town, located on the outskirts of the city, on the coast of False Bay. You can pass it on the way to Cape Point, close to Boulders Beach. It is famous for its colorful houses, which were used to exchange clothes and store belongings, especially for surfers. The sport is widely practiced locally, when white sharks are not around. It doesn't have much infrastructure, but it's worth visiting, taking some photos and spending time in the sand.
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Written March 12, 2024
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gwyneth v
Cooroy, Australia84 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2022 • Friends
I have been going to Muizenberg Beach since forever. Never fails to delight. Lots to watch from the beach and then delish restaurants all around.
Quaint streets to explore 10 minutes from the beach below railway line below checkers.
Never a problem to spend a day there. Swimming and chilling, eating and exploring then back to beach for another warm salty swim..
Lots showers and ablutions
Written December 21, 2022
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Eveready930
Cape Town, South Africa220 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Friends
If you prefer a sanitized experience go to Clifton beach and mingle with the jet set and tourists.

If rubbing shoulders with locals is more your style and you like the multicultural aspects of Cape Town then you will love Muizemberg.

If surfing in the most family friendly waves is your thing then Muizenberg is a must.

If you prefer the waves to yourself then don’t go to Muizenberg.

If taking a day off from aggression is your aim then Muizenberg is the place to be.

There are emptier beaches and more segregated beaches around Cape Town choose your pulse Muizenberg is crowded and busy for a reason and that’s mostly locals but there is room for the visitors as well.
Written January 20, 2023
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Mendigo
Taubate, SP537 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2024 • Couples
Beautiful beach, widely used by surfers, but that is relatively dangerous because of the activities of the sharks that circulate there due to the proximity to Isla das Focas, where such predators feed. There is, even, at the top of the slope, on the edge of the road, a shed in which a kind of lifeguard triggers an alarm if he notices some shark moving to the beach down there. The colored houses have nothing too much. Just a place for swimmers to change clothes and store their belongings.
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Written July 7, 2024
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Gonzalo
Salto, Uruguay35 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Couples
Very extensive beach, with a lot of wind. Its main attraction is the colorful houses, but of all the houses in the area it is one of the least pretty. Any of the beaches in Cape Town or the Cape Peninsula are much prettier.
We decided to stay two blocks from this beach and we ended up always going to the others.
In short, it is to pass by, take photos of the houses, and continue. It is not at all a "must see" as I read in many places
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Written January 27, 2024
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creativestartravel
London, UK2,001 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Solo
Cutest town you'll visit whilst down the coast.
Enjoy 32 kilometers of unspoiled sea, surf and white sandy beach.

Known for its colorful wooden bathing houses, which are also often referred to as “Edwardian Beach Houses”.

The beach is shallow and there is a pavilion with changing rooms, toilets and showers. The town is nice and be careful of fake parking assistance. Be polite, don't hand over your money and find a parking spot where it's known.
Written June 23, 2024
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Chris T
5 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019 • Couples
Relative to the other beaches in Cape Town this was pretty underwhelming. The buildings were weathered, and they only took ~30 sec to see. The rest of the beach reminded me of the classic Outer Banks or Great Lakes beach town. Put put courses, waterslides, etc. Good for families, but not what we were expecting.
Tiger’s Milk was delicious and right on the water, but they have other locations in town.

Overall, the beach wasn’t worth the trip out there, but it was worth a stop either going to or coming from Simons Town/the Cape.
Written January 2, 2020
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CDNMarmalade
Edmonton, Canada143 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Couples
A great destination for a day trip from Cape Town. Sun, surf, clean sand and plenty of bars and restaurants if you need anything or need a break from the heat.
The beach is 23km long so walks go on forever. The water is warmer here than on the Atlantic beaches too. You can use the colourful huts to get changed and there are showers to clean up before you leave.
You can drive and park here for free, but we took the train, which was cheap and safe. Just make sure you sit with other people.
Written March 7, 2024
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Zaheerah H
Johannesburg, South Africa93 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019
Nice beach however the day I visited, it was packed. Took us a while to park and to walk down to the beach only for the wind to get really bad and force us to leave. The beach itself is lovely and the colourful change rooms make this beach stand out from the others
Written January 3, 2020
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