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Sixteen Mile Beach

West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Sixteen Mile Beach 2 photos

  • Arctopus echinatus P1030649

    Arctopus echinatus P1030649. Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5. Source

  • Arctopus echinatus P1030650

    Arctopus echinatus P1030650. Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 7 am to 10 am, sunset 7:07 pm
6 am
5.7
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
Now
5.9
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
8 am
5.9
1 km/h1 mph wind, Good
9 am
5.8
6 km/h3 mph wind, Good
10 am
5.2
6 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.6
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.1
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.5
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
4.2
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.3
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
4.9
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
7 pm
6.5
12 km/h7 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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
53 km/hmph NE
Gusts
96 km/hmph
Waves
2.2 m7 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
7:07 pm
Today
5.7Good6 am53
5.9GoodNow53
5.9Good8 am11
5.8Good9 am63
5.2Fair10 am64
4.6Fair11 am74
4.7Fair12 pm117
4.1Fair1 pm138
4.4Fair2 pm117
4.5Fair3 pm106
4.2Fair4 pm96
4.3Fair5 pm127
4.9Fair6 pm106
6.5Good7 pm127
Sat
6.4Good6 am149
6.2Good7 am1711
6.0Good8 am1912
6.2Good9 am2012
6.0Good10 am2214
5.9Good11 am2415
6.0Good12 pm2415
5.9Good1 pm2515
5.7Good2 pm2817
5.5Good3 pm3019
5.4Fair4 pm3421
5.2Fair5 pm3522
5.0Fair6 pm3622
4.9Fair7 pm3924
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.

  • Sun4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 44 km/h28 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon5.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 34 km/h21 mph, rain 2%
  • Tue6.6 GoodBest 6 am to 10 amWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 2%
  • Wed5.8 GoodBest 2 pm to 8 pmWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 2%
  • Thu5.7 GoodBest 6 am to 10 amWind up to 34 km/h21 mph, rain 2%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
1.6 km1 miChurchhaven (village)
Nearest airport
26 km16 miAir Force Base Langebaanweg (SDB)

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

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