Some in Cape Town awoke on Sunday morning to an extraordinary and surreal spectacle: a massive humpback whale embarking on an unlikely and final journey, as it was transported from Hout Bay through the leafy avenues of Constantia.
The lekker news for two tidal pools in Kalk Bay is that a team of divers rocked up to tackle the pollution problem, scuba style!
The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) has awarded Blue Flag status to eight popular Cape Town beaches for this summer season, with two others awarded pilot Blue Flag status.
Cape Town beachgoers have been urged to keep to lifeguard-protected beaches after two separate biting incidents this past Saturday.
“It was just hectic, I almost died as well because the waves were hitting us,” Brandon Janeke explained.
An adorable little African penguin was filmed hitching a ride with a bodyboarder at a beach on Cape Town’s southern peninsula.
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.
A TikTok video has gone viral showing a swimmer battling ‘white water’ around the rocks somewhere on the Cape Town coast.
Looks like you’ll be gambling your health with your swims this summer.
But not only does it make pretty places unbearably stinky, it also supposedly causes frequent bouts of ‘the tummy bug’ to go around, and those are not fun at all.
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.
The data allows us to see which South African beaches are the most searched for, and seven of the top 10 are in Cape Town.
Climate change has resulted in rising sea levels that are now causing damage to coastal properties in Cape Town.
The City of Cape Town is going to have a tough time enforcing a proposed by-law that wants people to stop swearing on beaches.