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Sunlight Bay, South Africa

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Betty's Bay
Betty's Bay, the nearest town, 8 km away. Photo: Nick Coombe from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Sunlight Bay

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

The spot faces SE (150°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (330°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 4–17 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 64). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 15°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 19°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Betty's Bay, 7.8 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 6 surf spots.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 27 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. MDW to CPT, changing at ATL.

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

  2. Getting there. 1 h 10 from the airport to Sunlight Bay.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Sunlight Bay on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct010 ft9 smushy1,419kJ14°C
Mon 19Oct08 ft8 ssoft731kJ15°C
Tue 20Oct126 ft7 smushy302kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct09 ft9 ssoft1,285kJ17°C
Thu 22Oct09 ft8 smushy810kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct225 ft8 ssoft377kJ17°C
Sat 24Oct374 ft8 smushy211kJ17°C
Sun 25Oct43 ft7 smushy57kJ17°C
Mon 26Oct94 ft8 smushy212kJ17°C
Tue 27Oct43 ft7 smushy79kJ17°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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to CPT, changing at ATL, then 1h 10 by road. About 27h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Waterfalls

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Betty's Bay

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Waterfalls

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 1 kn (2 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to CPT, changing at ATL, then 1h 10 by road. About 27h door to door

The plan picks the best of 10 spots near Betty's Bay each day: Betty's Bay, Bettysbay (main beach), Camelot, Chrystal Road, penguins, Silver Sands, Silversands beach, Sunlight Bay, Waterfalls, XXX.

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Rough cost

About £1,125–£2,210 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
Hire car6 days, shared£50–£85
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£1,125–£2,210

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

Places to eat near Betty's Bay

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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