The Cape Metropole (greater Cape Town) has a wide variety of beaches divided into three regions by the Cape Peninsula:
- False Bay, including the long sandy beach running from Gordon's Bay to Muizenberg, and the smaller beaches along the East side of the Cape Peninsula
- Atlantic Seaboard, along the West (Atlantic) side of the Cape Peninsula
- Blaauwberg/West Coast, along the Blaauwberg coast running Northwards from Cape Town
The sea in False Bay is about 6 degrees warmer than the Atlantic Seaboard and the West Coast.
In 2011, Lonely Planet listed Cape Town second in its list of the world's top 10 beach cities.[1]
- ^ "10 best beach cities". Lonely Planet. 2011-01-20. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2011-01-25.