Paradise Beach
Neighborhood sands with a whale nursery
BY GRIFFIN SHEA
Surfers all over the world know Jeffreys Bay, home to a legendary wave and a major international competition. A bit outside of town, across a causeway, is a quieter coast called Paradise Beach. A handful of small roads run through a quiet cluster of homes that sit over sand dunes and a broad stretch of golden sand.
The surfing is still great, but it’s mostly residents riding the waves. This is a neighborhood beach, where everyone knows each other because they’ve walked their dogs and jogged along the same route for years. When the whales swim up from Antarctica to give birth in the winter, and the pods of dolphins swim past, it’s like they’re coming home, too. Everyone at Paradise Beach lives there.
Did you know?
Paradise Beach’s position on the Eastern Cape makes it one of the best places in South Africa to see Southern Right Whales.
