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Beach Weather Today in Grotto Beach

Today the maximum temperature will be 13° which is too cold for sunbathing. Today the water temperature will be 12° which is very cold and bracing, it's not recommended you swim with out a full wet suit.

Today will have 3.5mm of light rain. Expect overcast skies and very little possibility of sunshine with an average cloud cover of 86%.

The winds will be side shore and extremely strong at 55kmh from the North. The strong winds will make the temperatures feel colder.

Grotto Beach faces West-Southwest and the sunset will be visible over the ocean to the West at 06:04 PM. Unfortunately very heavy cloud cover of 100% may make the sunset not viewable.

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 13° which is too cold for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 12° which is very cold and bracing, it's not recommended you swim with out a full wet suit.

There will be 2 days of light rain with an average of 2.2mm rain on those days. Saturday will have 3.5mm of rain and Sunday will have 0.9mm of rain. Expect only occasional sunny spells and lots of clouds with an average cloud cover of 78%.

GROTTO BEACH - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

07:43 AM 06:04 PM

No moonrise

11:25 AM

Sat 27th July

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

10°	11°	12°	12°	13°	13°	10°	9°
55%	59%	93%	100%	100%	98%	100%	85%
0.1mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	2.2mm	0.3mm	0.5mm	0.3mm
12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°

07:42 AM 06:04 PM

01:04 AM

11:57 AM

Sun 28th July

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

9°	8°	8°	9°	12°	12°	10°	8°
100%	59%	55%	84%	59%	74%	75%	62%
0.2mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.2mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.0mm
12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°

07:41 AM 06:05 PM

02:13 AM

12:33 PM

Mon 29th July

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

7°	6°	6°	7°	12°	12°	11°	8°
84%	87%	80%	71%	66%	77%	75%	37%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°

07:40 AM 06:06 PM

03:23 AM

01:16 PM

Tue 30th July

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

9°	9°	9°	10°	13°	14°	10°	8°
99%	100%	81%	17%	3%	0%	0%	0%
0.1mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°

07:39 AM 06:06 PM

04:30 AM

02:05 PM

Wed 31st July

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

7°	6°	5°	8°	13°	13°	11°	9°
6%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	1%	3%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

07:39 AM 06:07 PM

05:32 AM

03:02 PM

Thu 1st August

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

8°	9°	9°	11°	16°	18°	14°	11°
3%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

07:38 AM 06:08 PM

06:26 AM

04:03 PM

Fri 2nd August

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

11°	11°	11°	12°	14°	15°	13°	11°
17%	50%	50%	65%	82%	63%	57%	56%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°

07:43 AM 06:04 PM

No moonrise

11:25 AM

Sat 27th July

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
37 kmh	41 kmh	47 kmh	55 kmh	38 kmh	52 kmh	53 kmh	45 kmh

1.2m	1.3m	1.6m	2.0m	1.6m	2.0m	1.9m	1.4m

12.9s	14.7s	14.7s	15.0s	15.5s	15.5s	15.4s	15.5s

07:42 AM 06:04 PM

01:04 AM

11:57 AM

Sun 28th July

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
41 kmh	39 kmh	38 kmh	36 kmh	32 kmh	24 kmh	19 kmh	17 kmh

1.3m	1.3m	1.1m	0.9m	0.8m	0.6m	0.5m	0.4m

16.0s	15.9s	15.7s	15.5s	15.4s	15.2s	15.0s	14.6s

07:41 AM 06:05 PM

02:13 AM

12:33 PM

Mon 29th July

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
18 kmh	22 kmh	20 kmh	19 kmh	28 kmh	27 kmh	19 kmh	17 kmh

0.4m	0.5m	0.6m	0.7m	0.9m	0.8m	0.6m	0.3m

14.3s	14.1s	13.7s	13.5s	13.3s	13.1s	12.8s	12.6s

07:40 AM 06:06 PM

03:23 AM

01:16 PM

Tue 30th July

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
9 kmh	12 kmh	24 kmh	25 kmh	30 kmh	34 kmh	27 kmh	28 kmh

0.5m	0.3m	0.6m	0.5m	0.6m	0.6m	0.7m	0.5m

12.4s	12.4s	12.5s	12.7s	12.9s	13.1s	12.9s	12.6s

07:39 AM 06:06 PM

04:30 AM

02:05 PM

Wed 31st July

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
25 kmh	20 kmh	20 kmh	21 kmh	20 kmh	21 kmh	22 kmh	24 kmh

0.5m	1.0m	0.6m	0.5m	0.5m	0.5m	0.7m	0.9m

12.4s	12.7s	12.3s	12.0s	11.8s	11.6s	11.3s	11.3s

07:39 AM 06:07 PM

05:32 AM

03:02 PM

Thu 1st August

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
27 kmh	30 kmh	30 kmh	25 kmh	21 kmh	24 kmh	23 kmh	25 kmh

1.0m	1.0m	0.9m	0.7m	0.3m	0.1m	0.1m	0.3m

11.8s	12.0s	12.0s	11.9s	11.8s	11.5s	11.7s	14.0s

07:38 AM 06:08 PM

06:26 AM

04:03 PM

Fri 2nd August

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
30 kmh	28 kmh	22 kmh	17 kmh	13 kmh	13 kmh	13 kmh	19 kmh

0.6m	0.4m	0.1m	0.3m	0.6m	0.7m	0.7m	0.5m

15.2s	14.4s	14.1s	13.6s	13.3s	13.5s	13.7s	13.3s

07:43 AM 06:04 PM

No moonrise

11:25 AM

Sat 27th July

1:37 AM	7:38 AM	1:42 PM	8:07 PM

0.50	1.50	0.50	1.60

07:42 AM 06:04 PM

01:04 AM

11:57 AM

Sun 28th July

2:41 AM	8:42 AM	2:47 PM	9:13 PM

0.60	1.40	0.60	1.50

07:41 AM 06:05 PM

02:13 AM

12:33 PM

Mon 29th July

3:58 AM	10:02 AM	4:09 PM	10:33 PM

0.60	1.30	0.70	1.40

07:40 AM 06:06 PM

03:23 AM

01:16 PM

Tue 30th July

5:23 AM	11:33 AM	5:40 PM	11:56 PM

0.60	1.30	0.70	1.40

07:39 AM 06:06 PM

04:30 AM

02:05 PM

Wed 31st July

6:37 AM	12:50 PM	6:56 PM

0.60	1.40	0.70

07:39 AM 06:07 PM

05:32 AM

03:02 PM

Thu 1st August

1:05 AM	7:34 AM	1:46 PM	7:54 PM

1.50	0.50	1.50	0.60

07:38 AM 06:08 PM

06:26 AM

04:03 PM

Fri 2nd August

1:57 AM	8:19 AM	2:31 PM	8:40 PM

1.50	0.50	1.50	0.60

Sat 27th July

13°
3.5mm
41kmh NNW
86%

Sun 28th July

12°
0.9mm
20kmh WSW
71%

Mon 29th July

12°
0.0mm
17kmh NNW
72%

Tue 30th July

14°
0.2mm
28kmh SSE
37%

Wed 31st July

14°
0.0mm
15kmh S
1%

Thu 1st August

18°
0.0mm
8kmh SSE
0%

Fri 2nd August

15°
0.0mm
12kmh SSW
55%

Sat 3rd August

15°
0.0mm
17kmh NNW
35%

Sun 4th August

17°
0.0mm
23kmh NNW
25%

Mon 5th August

16°
0.0mm
30kmh NNW
38%

Tue 6th August

14°
0.8mm
21kmh SSW
56%

Wed 7th August

16°
0.0mm
9kmh WNW
10%

Thu 8th August

15°
0.0mm
31kmh SSE
41%

Fri 9th August

19°
0.0mm
10kmh ESE
0%

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Next 14 day Beach Weather in Grotto Beach

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 15° which is a little too chilly for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 13° which is very cold and bracing, it's not recommended you swim with out a full wet suit. There will be 4 days of very light rain with an average of 1.4mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 38%.

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.