Kommetjie
The Cape Peninsula's cold-water surf village — Long Beach and the Outer Kom reef, the Atlantic-seaboard surfer's base.
Trip Role
Ideal stay
Best for
Our take
The Cape Peninsula's cold-water surf village — Long Beach for the many, the Outer Kom for the few, and a genuine surfer-village base on the peninsula's wild south.
The Cape Peninsula's cold-water surf village — Long Beach for the many, the Outer Kom for the few, and a genuine surfer-village base on the peninsula's wild south.
- Trip Role
- Worth a Detour
- Ideal Stay
- A day or a base
- Time Needed
- A day, or a base
- Best For
- Cape Town surfers, peninsula travellers, cold-water surf travellers.
- Skip If
- Travellers wanting warm water or a developed resort.
- Go If
- You surf and want the Cape Peninsula's cold-water local break, or you're touring the peninsula's southern reach.
- Worth Extra Drive
- 15 min
Why go
A village on the Cape Peninsula's Atlantic side, south of Scarborough, and the Cape surfer's cold-water base. Kommetjie holds Long Beach (a consistent beach break for miles) and the Outer Kom (a reef point for experts in a big swell), set in a quiet coastal village with a surf-shop culture and a cold Atlantic character. For Cape Town visitors it's the surf stop on the peninsula's southern reach; for surfers it's the cold-water local spot, and the launch for the wider Atlantic-seaboard waves.
What we love
Long Beach's consistency; the Outer Kom in a big swell; the cold-Atlantic surfer-village feel; the peninsula's wild southern reach.
What to know
Cold Atlantic water — a 4/3 wetsuit year-round. Long Beach for all levels; Outer Kom for experts only in a big swell. Pair with Cape Point and Scarborough.
What's here
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