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Milnerton, South Africa

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Old wooden bridge spanning the Milnerton Lagoon
Milnerton, the nearest town. Photo: warrenski, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Milnerton

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces NW (296°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (116°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 7–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 800 m out (1 in 79). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 14°C in May, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 16°C in January, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). The town to stay in is Milnerton, 0.6 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 6 surf spots.

Water about 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 26 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT), changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).

    See flights MDW → CPT · Skyscanner from about £765 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Milnerton.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Milnerton does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct579 ft10 ssoft1,458kJ17°C
Mon 19Oct397 ft9 ssoft620kJ18°C
Tue 20Oct295 ft8 smushy279kJ16°C
Wed 21Oct289 ft8 smushy994kJ17°C
Thu 22Oct448 ft8 smushy713kJ19°C
Fri 23Oct407 ft8 ssoft529kJ23°C
Sat 24Oct204 ft8 smushy197kJ24°C
Sun 25Oct72 ft7 smushy42kJ21°C
Mon 26Oct184 ft8 ssoft182kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct133 ft6 smushy88kJ30°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to CPT, changing at ATL, then 35 min by road. About 26h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Blaauwberg

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Selis

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 9 ft at 8 s, wind 9 kn (17 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Selis

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 8 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Blaauwberg

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to CPT, changing at ATL, then 35 min by road. About 26h 25 door to door

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near Milnerton each day: Blaauwberg, Milnerton, Selis, Sunset Beach.

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Rough cost

About £1,100–£2,165 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to CPT, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£765–£1,585
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£25–£40
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£110–£185
Food7 days eating out£115–£210
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£50–£80
Total£1,100–£2,165

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Milnerton

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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