
Ons Huisie: Blouberg’s Fisherman’s Cottage Turned Restaurant
The whitewashed cottage on the corner of Stadler and Generaal Jansens roads has stood through two centuries of West Coast winters. Its story runs through one…
Local guides to Blouberg, Table View, Big Bay, Melkbosstrand and Cape Town’s West Coast.

The whitewashed cottage on the corner of Stadler and Generaal Jansens roads has stood through two centuries of West Coast winters. Its story runs through one…

A straight answer to the question every visitor asks: yes, with one specific caveat. Where car break-ins actually happen, when the promenade is safe to walk,…

Every recurring fixture on Cape Town’s Blouberg coast in one place: parkruns, markets, Killarney race nights, the marathon, kite season and whale season, organised month by…

Bloubergstrand sits 27-32 km from Cape Town International Airport, a 30-40 minute drive off-peak. Here is every transfer option priced in rand, the honest journey times…

Spring tides swing Table Bay through nearly two metres of water, and that swing decides everything at Blouberg: when the Bokkombaai rock pools empty out, when…

Where to open a laptop between Bloubergstrand and Table View this winter: which cafes have confirmed wifi, which tolerate a three-hour sitting, and where to go…

Walk Melkbosstrand the way a local would: start at the Point by the sea rescue base, eat on Beach Road, follow the sand 4 km to…

A parents’ ranking of Blouberg, Table View, Big Bay and Melkbosstrand restaurants with actual play areas, graded for June weather: enclosed indoor rooms, childminders, and whether…

A winter walk through Big Bay’s beachfront square: every terrace, takeaway and shopfront at Eden on the Bay, plus where to sit when a cold front…

Knots, gusts and direction: what the beachfront weather station is actually telling you, in summer southeasters and the winter northwesters now arriving.

Actual rental bands for Parklands, Table View and the Blouberg beachfront as of May 2026, why winter is the time to sign, and how to negotiate…

Blouberg’s water is coldest in midsummer and mildest when you least expect it. Here is the upwelling science, the monthly numbers, and the wetsuit chart.