Beaches
Cape Town and the surrounding area has some magnificent beaches. Most are accessible to some degree and the vast majority have parking right next to them, almost always with some dedicated disabled parking places (bring your own badge). Of course some beaches are easier to access than others and although not a comprehensive guide, the comments below are a good starting point. Please feed back to us your experiences of the beaches so we can update this page and spread the knowledge! This info is correct at time of typing, I cannot guarantee anything typed below will be available when you visit.
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Noordhoek beach right in front of the house is a fairly wild beach and has a boardwalk down to it which is ramped at the end (a little steep but manageable), but to get to the waters edge you will need to use a beach wheelchair and some effort! There is a beach wheelchair at the house (medium size Hippocampe).
Fish Hoek beach is more immediately accessible, it is about 7 Km away on the other side of the peninsula. There is plenty of parking (6 dedicated bays) and the beach has a small ramp and mostly hard, compacted sand. The beach is also only approx. 50m deep meaning access to the water is easier. During peak season (Christmas and Easter) there should be beach wheelchairs available for use. There is also a cafe at the edge of the beach which is level outside, is wheelchair accessible and has a disabled toilet. There is a disabled toilet at the beach itself too, but I have not visited it so cannot comment on it's facilities.
Muizenberg is the most well known surfing beach in Cape Town and has good access as well as a recent addition of 4 beach wheelchairs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEyHSAPrs4I) a real first for South Africa. A new addition to the beach at Muizies is Adapted Surfing - getting people with disabilities into the water and surfing. It's a great not for profit organisation - https://www.facebook.com/adaptivesurfingsouthafrica/ . There are dedicated parking spots and also wheelchair accessible toilets as well as a nice promenade to wander along.
Hout Bay I understand has good access, and the car park is right next to the beach but I have not visited it with a wheelchair myself. The one big advantage Hout Bay has is that you need to go over Chapmans Peak Drive to get there! A magnificent road along the side of a mountain with incredible views and the ocean right next to you.
Kommetjie is at the far end of the beach in front of the house - 5km away along the white sand of Long Beach. Here you will find a board walk which goes through the dunes to the lighthouse.
Boulders Beach is so named because of the huge boulders dotted around it. The reason to visit is the penguin colony that lives there and a boardwalk over and around the boulders makes it totally accessible. It is part of the Table Mountain National Park and as such you have to pay to go and see the penguins, but frequently wheelchair users report that they have not had to pay. There is good parking and a large disabled toilet which has an adult changing bench. As it is now a nature reserve, there is no access for anyone to the actual beach.
Camps Bay is one of the city beaches and a very cool place to spend the afternoon. It's a great place to indulge in a Cape Town tradition of "sundowners" - to sit on the beach, drink wine and watch the sun sink into the sea. The beach has a nice promenade along it and there has been a recent addition of beach wheelchairs in peak season. It's a lovely place to spend some time people watching! The presence of a beach wheelchair should mean there are disabled toilet facilities. I haven't checked this for myself.
Blouberg is further away from the Beach House, but has great views of Cape Town and the mountain - all the photo's you've seen of Table mountain were taken from here! There is good parking and also disabled toilets. At Dolphin beach there is also a ramp to get onto the beach itself.
