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Glen Beach

City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Today’s timelapse
Cape Town › South: Glen Beach - Camps Bay Beach - Twaalf Apostels - Atlantic oceans

Glen Beach 8 photos

  • Camps Bay Shoreline

    Camps Bay Shoreline. Rad Dougall, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Camps Bay Beach

    Camps Bay Beach. Rad Dougall, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Clifton beach house, Cape Town. - panoramio

    Clifton beach house, Cape Town. - panoramio. ~ souTH AFRica ~, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Glen Beach - panoramio

    Glen Beach - panoramio. Wacqy, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

  • Cape Town coastal suburbs - CapeTowncoastal4196

    Cape Town coastal suburbs - CapeTowncoastal4196. lumoplank, CC0. Source

  • Ferocious Windy Wave

    Ferocious Windy Wave. Rad Dougall, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Cape Town, South Africa - 55423874728

    Cape Town, South Africa - 55423874728. Nina R, CC BY 4.0. Source

  • Camps Bay - South Africa

    Camps Bay - South Africa. Diriye Amey from Locarno, Switzerland, CC BY 2.0. Source

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Today at a glance

Calmest: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 7:06 pm
6 am
5.0
1 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
Now
5.1
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
8 am
5.3
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
9 am
5.5
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
10 am
4.5
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.6
9 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
5.6
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
2 pm
5.1
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.7
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
4.6
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.6
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
6.5
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
7 pm
6.6
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good

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Today’s timelapse
Cape Town › South: Camps Bay Beach

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Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
14°C56°F
Water
15°C60°F
Wind
21 km/hmph NW
Gusts
42 km/hmph
Waves
2.3 m7 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
7:06 pm
Today
5.0Fair6 am11
5.1FairNow21
5.3Fair8 am32
5.5Good9 am21
4.5Fair10 am53
4.6Fair11 am95
4.8Fair12 pm117
5.6Good1 pm106
5.1Fair2 pm106
4.7Fair3 pm106
4.6Fair4 pm117
4.6Fair5 pm96
6.5Good6 pm106
6.6Good7 pm85
Sat
4.4Fair6 am53
4.6Fair7 am85
4.8Fair8 am75
6.1Good9 am95
6.9Good10 am117
7.3Great11 am117
8.0Great12 pm138
8.2Great1 pm148
8.1Great2 pm1710
7.8Great3 pm1912
7.4Great4 pm2012
7.2Great5 pm2012
6.6Good6 pm2213
5.7Good7 pm2214
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 1 pm, 0.3 m. Low at 7 pm, -1.0 m. High at 1 am, 0.3 mHigh 1 pm, 0.3 m1 ftLow 7 pm, -1.0 m3 ftHigh 1 am, 0.3 m<1 ftNow1 pm7 pm1 am7 am
  • High 1 pm, 0.3 m1 ft
  • Low 7 pm, -1.0 m3 ft
  • High 1 am, 0.3 m<1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun4.7 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 33 km/h20 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon7.6 GreatBest 9 am to 12 pmWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 8%
  • Tue7.0 GreatBest 7 am to 11 amWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed8.2 GreatBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 4%
  • Thu7.2 GreatBest 7 am to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 0%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Glen Beach

Glen Beach is a beach on the west coast of Cape Town, South Africa. It is 449 meters from Camps Bay Beach and 21 kilometers from Cape Town International Airport.

From Wikipedia

Glen Beach is located north of Camps Bay Beach in Cape Town, South Africa. The two beaches are divided by a rock outcrop that extends from the land to the shore-line. During the summer months, sand deposits tend to build up at the shore-line, widening both Glen and Camps Bay beaches until the two beaches merge—until winter, when the sand deposits are eroded by winter storms. Glen Beach is well known for its beach-break surfing.

Source: Glen Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

  • Showers460 m0.3 mi away
  • Parking5 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 260 m860 ft. Fee not listed
  • Food and drink17 within 1 km0.6 mi

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
70 m220 ftGlen Beach
Nearest town
4.2 km2.6 miCape Town (city)
Nearest airport
21 km13 miCape Town International Airport (CPT)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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