Back to Strand Beach

Date: 25 March 2012

Location: Strand, in the Helderberg

Walkers: Helen & Aafke

Previous walk on Strand Beach here.

Strand Beach is good for walking - wide and flat. And with warm water, small waves and shallows that extend out a long way, it's a nice and safe for swimming, a good family beach. And it has an attractive mountain backdrop. We were there on a breezy Sunday morning.




Across False Bay we could see cloud swirling around mountains of the southern peninsula.



The tide was low, exposing the rocky shelf in places.



And there was seaweed! Beautiful colours.






There were a lot of people out and about. Bracing walking in the wind!



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Strand Beach

Date: 9 October 2010

Location: Strand, in the Helderberg

Walkers: Dorothy & Helen

As we were in the area, Dorothy and I stopped in at the beachfront of the seaside town of Strand for a short walk along the sand.


It was a perfect, still day and many other people had had the same idea!



There were swimmers and surfers out in the water, people sunbathing, making sandcastles, playing ballgames and picnicking on the sand. This is a very popular beach with families as it is one of the safest in the Cape, with warm water, gentle waves and no nasty currents.




And pretty too, with the Hottentots Holland mountains in the distance.




There appeared to be some sort of fishing competition on the go.




Strand itself isn't very charming, but the beach on a windless spring day was absolutely lovely. Summer isn't far away now. Hooray!


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