Cape Town beachgoers have been urged to keep to lifeguard-protected beaches after two separate biting incidents this past Saturday.
It’s been a year since Charlie and his friends dug a hole on Portmarnock beach and news outlets reported it as a space event but folks are still not over it.
Despite a favourite way to kill off the bad guys in cowboy movies, it does not happen in real life. People and animals can get stuck in it, but they don’t get sucked down to the bottom – they float on the surface.
An urgent call has again been made for dog owners to keep their animals on leashes on the beach.
South Africa is blessed with stretches of practically untouched, god-tier coastlines and one was acknowledged by Condé Nast Traveler right now.
A London-based start-up said its Golden Beach Award 2024, “goes beyond the conventional” charting of the world’s best beaches where places are picked purely for their aesthetics.
The best beaches in the world have been revealed, and one South African spot has made it onto the list.
We celebrate small wins in South Africa.
Alex de Bruin is confronted by swingers, jellyfish, and a case of consensual public urination during a bizarre Christmas holiday.
A mysterious ‘stone artists’ is leaving behind rock-shaped ‘art’ on Sunset Beach almost every night.
Josh Taylor was buried alive in the sand when he fell into a large hole on Queensland’s Bribie Island, believed to have been dug to roast a pig.
“A remarkable effort” is how the NSRI described the efforts of three rescue swimmers and at least 50 beachgoers who saved a man caught in strong ocean currents last week.
Based on an independent analysis of water samples taken over the past seven weeks, the City of Cape Town has confirmed that our popular beaches received excellent water quality results ahead of the festive season.
Looks like you’ll be gambling your health with your swims this summer.
Footage taken at a beach in Zihuatanejo, Mexico last week shows the moment the reptile appeared on the sand, scaring away swimmers who fled the water.
Again, this is a tragic end for a wild animal just trying to live its life in peace.
Work on this iconic stretch of coast is expected to be completed by June 2025, so whatever disruption there is, beachgoers will still be able to access one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. It’ll be worth it.
The channel has set up live webcams at four top beaches across South Africa with three in Cape Town, namely Clifton 4th, Muizenberg, Strand, and Jbay Main Beach.
A very suspect set of bones was found at the popular Main Beach in Melkbosstrand near “Slabber se Klippe” over the weekend.
A creepy cute fish washed up on Melkbosstrand recently, while a massive great white shark did not wash up in Durban.
Quite a few beaches have been closed across the city over the past few months due to sewage spills, but the issue seems to be more prevalent than we think.
While 51 beaches across South Africa get to fly their Blue Flags high for the next year, Durban is in the dirty water naughty corner.
Over this weekend, some liberties were taken to the extreme at a popular naturist spot on the outskirts of Lyon.
An Italian mayor has banned tourists from traipsing through the streets and along the beaches in revealing swimming costumes.
The beaches are selected according to the most popular spots voted among Tripadvisor’s reviewers, gathered between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021.
Police pitched up to a small beach in Sydney in a helicopter to warn beachgoers that they had to skedaddle out of there or face the consequences.
If you’re the sort who likes to bare it all on the beach, you might find one KwaZulu-Natal south coast stretch of sand to your liking.
Another dispute between neighbours has gone so far that the Cape Town High Court has been dragged in to settle things.
Two ostriches rocked up on a Cape Point beach, took a dip alongside other beachgoers, and then went on their way.
Plett was hit hard over the summer season, which the town attributes in large part to the beach closures.