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Beach Weather Today in Grotto Beach

Today the maximum temperature will be 19° which is warm and pleasant for sunbathing. Today the water temperature will be 15° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea.

Today will be dry with no rain showers. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 26%.

The winds will be side shore and strong at 32kmh from the South-Southeast. The strong winds will keep the temperatures feeling cooler.

Grotto Beach faces West-Southwest and the sunset will be visible over the ocean to the West at 06:35 PM. The skies should be very clear at that time, ideal for a sunset.

For Beach Weather for the next next 7 days, wind and wave conditions and tide and the next 14 days weather use the tabs below.

Beach Weather This Weekend in Grotto Beach

This weekend the average maximum daily temperatures will be 19° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible. The average water temperature will be 15° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea.

There will be no rainy days at all this weekend. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 12%.

GROTTO BEACH - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

07:02 AM 06:35 PM

08:55 PM

11:11 AM

Mon 6th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

16°	15°	14°	17°	20°	21°	18°	16°
79%	80%	0%	0%	0%	50%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:03 AM 06:33 PM

09:42 PM

12:08 PM

Tue 7th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

15°	14°	13°	17°	24°	26°	23°	19°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:04 AM 06:32 PM

10:34 PM

01:01 PM

Wed 8th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

19°	19°	19°	23°	30°	29°	24°	21°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	9%	12%	17%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:04 AM 06:31 PM

11:31 PM

01:49 PM

Thu 9th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

20°	19°	18°	23°	28°	27°	25°	22°
6%	7%	8%	5%	6%	10%	25%	21%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:05 AM 06:29 PM

No moonrise

02:30 PM

Fri 10th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

20°	21°	20°	24°	28°	25°	21°	17°
7%	5%	6%	6%	9%	9%	22%	4%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:06 AM 06:28 PM

12:31 AM

03:07 PM

Sat 11th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

17°	16°	16°	19°	25°	25°	22°	20°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:07 AM 06:27 PM

01:33 AM

03:39 PM

Sun 12th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

19°	18°	18°	21°	26°	25°	21°	18°
0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	26%	80%	89%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:02 AM 06:35 PM

08:55 PM

11:11 AM

Mon 6th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
23 kmh	20 kmh	19 kmh	18 kmh	22 kmh	26 kmh	30 kmh	32 kmh

0.6m	0.6m	0.5m	0.5m	0.6m	0.8m	0.8m	0.9m

14.7s	14.4s	14.2s	13.7s	13.5s	13.4s	13.2s	13.0s

07:03 AM 06:33 PM

09:42 PM

12:08 PM

Tue 7th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
29 kmh	26 kmh	22 kmh	15 kmh	15 kmh	17 kmh	23 kmh	27 kmh

1.0m	0.7m	0.5m	0.3m	0.3m	0.5m	0.8m	0.7m

12.7s	12.5s	11.9s	11.9s	12.1s	12.7s	12.8s	12.2s

07:04 AM 06:32 PM

10:34 PM

01:01 PM

Wed 8th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
23 kmh	17 kmh	12 kmh	4 kmh	5 kmh	13 kmh	19 kmh	20 kmh

0.5m	0.4m	0.2m	0.1m	0.1m	0.3m	0.5m	0.6m

12.1s	12.3s	12.1s	12.1s	12.6s	12.6s	11.0s	11.4s

07:04 AM 06:31 PM

11:31 PM

01:49 PM

Thu 9th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
16 kmh	16 kmh	14 kmh	14 kmh	14 kmh	23 kmh	23 kmh	21 kmh

0.5m	0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m

11.1s	11.3s	11.6s	11.8s	11.8s	11.6s	11.4s	14.7s

07:05 AM 06:29 PM

No moonrise

02:30 PM

Fri 10th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
19 kmh	16 kmh	14 kmh	18 kmh	10 kmh	27 kmh	33 kmh	39 kmh

0.3m	0.5m	0.4m	0.4m	0.3m	0.3m	0.4m	0.4m

14.4s	14.2s	14.0s	13.7s	13.5s	13.4s	13.3s	13.1s

07:06 AM 06:28 PM

12:31 AM

03:07 PM

Sat 11th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
40 kmh	29 kmh	23 kmh	15 kmh	10 kmh	15 kmh	20 kmh	17 kmh

0.4m	0.2m	0.2m	0.3m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.7m

12.9s	13.0s	13.0s	12.9s	12.8s	12.6s	12.5s	12.3s

07:07 AM 06:27 PM

01:33 AM

03:39 PM

Sun 12th April

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
13 kmh	7 kmh	4 kmh	5 kmh	8 kmh	16 kmh	21 kmh	19 kmh

0.6m	0.5m	0.5m	0.5m	0.4m	0.6m	0.8m	0.7m

12.1s	11.9s	11.8s	11.6s	11.5s	11.2s	11.1s	11.0s

07:02 AM 06:35 PM

08:55 PM

11:11 AM

Mon 6th April

5:12 AM	11:19 AM	5:34 PM	11:25 PM

1.59	0.47	1.48	0.57

07:03 AM 06:33 PM

09:42 PM

12:08 PM

Tue 7th April

5:41 AM	11:48 AM	6:07 PM	11:56 PM

1.49	0.57	1.38	0.68

07:04 AM 06:32 PM

10:34 PM

01:01 PM

Wed 8th April

6:15 AM	12:23 PM	6:50 PM

1.37	0.68	1.28

07:04 AM 06:31 PM

11:31 PM

01:49 PM

Thu 9th April

12:38 AM	7:02 AM	1:19 PM	8:08 PM

0.79	1.26	0.78	1.19

07:05 AM 06:29 PM

No moonrise

02:30 PM

Fri 10th April

2:07 AM	8:39 AM	3:32 PM	10:23 PM

0.89	1.17	0.83	1.21

07:06 AM 06:28 PM

12:31 AM

03:07 PM

Sat 11th April

4:58 AM	10:55 AM	5:19 PM	11:44 PM

0.86	1.20	0.76	1.32

07:07 AM 06:27 PM

01:33 AM

03:39 PM

Sun 12th April

6:06 AM	12:05 PM	6:14 PM

0.73	1.30	0.65

Mon 6th April

21°
0.0mm
24kmh S
26%

Tue 7th April

26°
0.0mm
7kmh SE
0%

Wed 8th April

30°
0.0mm
7kmh NW
4%

Thu 9th April

28°
0.0mm
8kmh W
11%

Fri 10th April

28°
0.0mm
12kmh NW
8%

Sat 11th April

26°
0.0mm
7kmh SE
0%

Sun 12th April

26°
0.0mm
8kmh WNW
24%

Mon 13th April

22°
0.0mm
16kmh WNW
35%

Tue 14th April

20°
0.2mm
13kmh WNW
67%

Wed 15th April

16°
0.5mm
28kmh SSW
73%

Thu 16th April

20°
0.0mm
19kmh SSE
1%

Fri 17th April

23°
0.0mm
17kmh SSE
0%

Sat 18th April

28°
0.0mm
15kmh SE
0%

Sun 19th April

28°
0.0mm
13kmh SSE
11%

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Next 14 day Beach Weather in Grotto Beach

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 24° which is warm and pleasant for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 15° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea. There will be 2 days of very light rain with an average of 0.4mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 19%.

If you are sailing, windsurfing, fishing, surfing etc. in Grotto Beach don't forget to check the tide and wind and wave conditions

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Taking a Holiday at Grotto Beach, Hermanus, Overberg District, Western Cape, South Africa

Taking a holiday at Grotto Beach in Hermanus, Overberg District, Western Cape, South Africa is an exceptional experience. This Blue Flag beach is located just a few kilometers from the center of Hermanus and stretches for over 18 kilometers along the coast. Whether you're a solo traveler, a couple, or a family with kids, Grotto Beach offers something for everyone to enjoy.

Beach Type

Grotto Beach features golden-yellow sand that is soft and fine underfoot. The beach is expansive and relatively flat, making it perfect for long walks or playing beach games. The water is crystal clear, and while there are no reefs or rocks at Grotto Beach itself, there are rocky areas nearby that are suitable for snorkeling and diving where you can observe marine life.

Beach Activities

At Grotto Beach, the following activities are popular:

Swimming: With its calm waters and lifeguards on duty during peak season, Grotto Beach is safe for swimmers of all ages.
Sunbathing: The wide sandy beach offers ample space to lay out your towel or rent a sun lounger to soak up some sun.
Beach walks: With its long stretch of coastline, Grotto Beach is ideal for leisurely strolls or brisk walks.
Beach sports: The flat surface of the beach makes it perfect for playing volleyball, frisbee or soccer.
Whale watching: Between June and December, Hermanus becomes a prime spot for whale watching as Southern Right whales come to mate and calve in the area.
Surfing: While Grotto Beach may not be known as a surfing hotspot due to its calm waters, you can still find some surfable waves nearby at Voëlklip or Onrus beaches.

Accommodations

There are several accommodation options around Grotto Beach, ranging from luxury hotels to cozy guest houses. Some notable options include:

The Marine Hermanus: A 5-star luxury hotel located a short drive from Grotto Beach, offering stunning ocean views and elegant rooms.
Misty Waves Boutique Hotel: A stylish 4-star hotel overlooking the ocean, featuring spacious rooms and an outdoor swimming pool.
Pelagus House: A charming guest house with comfortable rooms and excellent service, situated within walking distance of Grotto Beach.

Areas to Stay In

Hermanus town center: Stay in the heart of the town for easy access to shops, restaurants, and other attractions while being just a short drive away from Grotto Beach.
Voëlklip area: Closer to Grotto Beach, this residential area offers a quieter atmosphere and easy access to nearby beaches like Voëlklip Beach and Kammabaai Beach.