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Dolphin Coast beaches
17 beaches, with the parking, the walk to the water and the tide for each one.
Where are you starting from?
What matters today?
Start here
Good places to start
Salt Rock Beach
Walk to water20 m
Parking100 m away
Umdloti beach tidal pool
Walk to water50 m
Parking300 m away
Westbrook Beach
Walk to water50 m
Parking250 m away
Blythedale Beach Bay
Walk to water50 m
Parking30 m away
Casuarina Beach
Walk to water150 m
Parking20 m away
South Beach
Walk to water40 m
Parking150 m away
Narrow it down
Lists for a particular day
Dog friendly beaches
6 in Dolphin Coast
Family friendly beaches
8 in Dolphin Coast
Shortest walk
Park almost on the sand
Ballito · the listing sits on the shoreline
Ballito · 20 m to the water
Ballito · 20 m to the water
Ballito · 20 m to the water
Ballito · 20 m to the water
Cape Cod · 30 m to the water
Durban · 40 m to the water
Ballito · 50 m to the water
With little kids
Calm water and bathrooms nearby
Ballito · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 16 visitors · 2017–2026
Ballito · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 11 visitors · 2017–2026
Ballito · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 35 visitors · 2017–2026
Ballito · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 18 visitors · 2021–2026
Ballito · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 2 visitors · 2018–2026
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All beaches
- Salt Rock BeachBallito · water 20 m · parking 100 m
Thompsons BeachBallito · on the shoreline · parking 150 m
Willard BeachBallito · water 50 m · parking 150 m- Umdloti beach tidal pooleMdloti · water 50 m · parking 300 m
- Westbrook BeachWestbrook · water 50 m · parking 250 m
- Blythedale Beach BayKwaDukuza · water 50 m · parking 30 m
Granny Pool BeachBallito · water 20 m · parking 500 m
Tiffany's BeachBallito · water 20 m · parking 250 m
Zimbali Valley of the Pools BeachBallito · water 100 m
Sheffield BeachBallito · water 20 m · parking 150 m- Casuarina BeachGenazzano · water 150 m · parking 20 m
Compensation BeachBallito · water 50 m · parking 400 m- South BeachDurban · water 40 m · parking 150 m
Zinkwazi Beachwater 30 m
Nonoti Beach Development NodeNkwazi · water 90 m
Dolphin watch La MercyLa Mercy · water 50 m
Westbrook Beach CircleWestbrook · water 200 m · parking 50 m
Every beach
All 17 beaches, by how many people rate them
| Beach | Town | Walk to water | Parking | Fee | Restrooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Rock Beach | Ballito | 20 m | 100 m | – | yes |
| Thompsons Beach | Ballito | on the sand | 150 m | – | yes |
| Willard Beach | Ballito | 50 m | 150 m | – | yes |
| Umdloti beach tidal pool | eMdloti | 50 m | 300 m | – | – |
| Westbrook Beach | Westbrook | 50 m | 250 m | – | yes |
| Blythedale Beach Bay | KwaDukuza | 50 m | 30 m | – | yes |
| Granny Pool Beach | Ballito | 20 m | 500 m | – | yes |
| Tiffany's Beach | Ballito | 20 m | 250 m | – | yes |
| Zimbali Valley of the Pools Beach | Ballito | 100 m | – | – | – |
| Sheffield Beach | Ballito | 20 m | 150 m | – | – |
| Casuarina Beach | Genazzano | 150 m | 20 m | – | – |
| Compensation Beach | Ballito | 50 m | 400 m | – | yes |
| South Beach | Durban | 40 m | 150 m | – | – |
| Zinkwazi Beach | 30 m | – | – | – | |
| Nonoti Beach Development Node | Nkwazi | 90 m | – | – | – |
| Dolphin watch La Mercy | La Mercy | 50 m | – | – | – |
| Westbrook Beach Circle | Westbrook | 200 m | 50 m | – | – |
Walk and parking distances are measured on OpenStreetMap. Fee and restrooms come from counted visitor reviews and mapped facilities. A dash means we have no evidence either way, not that the answer is no.
Questions
Common questions
Which Dolphin Coast beach has the shortest walk from the car?
Thompsons Beach in Ballito has the listing right on the shoreline. We measure the straight line from the listed location to the mapped waterline for every beach, so the table above ranks them all.
Do you have to pay to park at Dolphin Coast beaches?
Mostly yes. Of the 17 beaches here, 0 have visitors reporting a parking or entry fee and 0 report free parking. Reported fees run from $20 to $35 a day in season, and several beaches drop the fee after 5pm or outside the summer.
Which beaches have restrooms?
8 of the 17 beaches have restrooms mapped on site or reported by visitors. Seasonal closures are common: several National Seashore beaches close their facilities outside the summer.
How current is this?
Tide, waves, wind and water temperature are fetched live in your browser from Open-Meteo. Parking and facility positions come from OpenStreetMap; imagery from CD:NGI. Facts counted from visitor reviews carry the year range they were written in.
How we know
Where this comes from
Place details from the public Google business listing. Beach shape, parking and facility positions from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Aerial imagery is 25 cm national coverage from the Chief Directorate: National Geo-spatial Information, used with permission. Tide is modelled, and weather, waves and water temperature come from Open-Meteo, each labelled as measured or modelled. Map drawings are redrawn from that aerial imagery by an image model. Markers, distances and every fact on this page come from OpenStreetMap and counted reviews, never from a drawing. Review text is never republished.
