Glen Beach is located north of Camps Bay Beach in
Cape Town
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South Africa
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CPUT student drowns during varsity trip at Glen beach
/ref> The two beaches are divided by a rock outcrop that extends from the land to the shore-line. During the summer months, sand deposits tend to build up at the shore-line, widening both Glen and Camps Bay beaches until the two beaches merge—until winter, when the sand deposits are eroded by winter storms. Glen Beach is well known for its beach-break surfing
Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitabl ...
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See also
* Beaches of Cape Town
The Cape Metropole (greater Cape Town) has a wide variety of beaches divided into three regions by the Cape Peninsula:
* False Bay, including the long sandy beach running from Gordon's Bay to Muizenberg, and the smaller beaches along the East sid ...
References
Geography of Cape Town
Surfing locations in South Africa
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