Top 5 Beach Movie Locations in and Around Cape Town

In both summer and winter, Cape Town is the top destination for photographic and film productions from around the world. With a wide variety of locations in close proximity and a vibrant cosmopolitan city as a production base, it’s no surprise that Cape Town is always buzzing with filming. If you’re looking for stunning beach locations, Cape Town has them in spades, it’s just a matter of choosing which beach is right for your production. Here are some of the top five as a starting point.

1. camps bay With its palm-fringed crescent of golden white sand and mountain backdrop, it’s a perennial favorite with fashion photographers. The wide grassy margin, picturesque rocks, vibrant cafes, and trendy crowd create a bountiful atmosphere with a lively, cosmopolitan feel.

two. Clifton just around the corner Camps Bay has a series of four sandy beaches with white rocks and cliffs to add to the picturesque backdrop. Known as exclusive Millionaire’s Row, it has an elite appeal and is backed by lavish homes that make a fantastic base for a location shoot.

3. Blouberg beach is the answer if your stills production needs to scream Cape Town: with the iconic Table Mountain skyline in the background and a long stretch of white sandy beach, or graphic images of dark rocks around the other bend of the beach, there is much to inspire the photographer.

4. To get away from the urban beaches, you only need to drive a short way along the Cape Peninsula. Noordhoek The beach is a long stretch of wide beach that goes on for miles and is perfect if you want uninterrupted sea, sand and sky, with spectacular mountains behind.

5. Thinking of a deserted rocky cove hidden in the desert? cape point It has a succession of impressive coves, normally deserted and unspoiled as they are in the protected Natural Park.

Of course, there are many more beaches near Cape Town that would suit almost any beach location scenario and even more so just a short drive up the coast in both directions. Cape Town-based film production companies will be able to search for the best beach for their location needs, as well as sort out the essential filming permits and paperwork required in South Africa for any production filmed on public property. And of course, if you need locations other than beaches, such as vineyards, mountains, historic houses, luxury swimming pools, cityscapes, etc., Cape Town has all of that and more.