Local Attractions

Summerstrand Shopping Centre is within walking distance of a vast 40km of magnificent beaches with a perfect combination of warmer waters, calm sees, fair breezes and popular surfing spots in Port Elizabeth including The Fence, the Pipe and Millers Point to mention a few. These beaches also offer one of the best sailing venues in the world. On the tame and more commercial side, visit Hobie Beach and Kings Beach.

The Port Elizabeth beaches to have been awarded Blue Flag status at some stage in the past few years include Hobie Beach, Humewood Beach and King’s Beach.

For a truly phenomenal experience for any animal lover and an extraordinary educational trip that may change your perspective on things, be sure to visit the African penguin rehabilitation centre in the Cape Recife Nature Reserve in Port Elizabeth. Not only are the endangered African penguins rescued and rehabilitated here, but you will see a variety of marine birds and animals such as gannets and sea turtles at the centre too.

The spine on the Eastern Cape's Indian Ocean floor bed is stacked with rocks for vertebrae that form the east coast bay backbone. This 'Thunderbolt Reef' rising out of the dark waters of the south entrance to Algoa Bay is set in the Nature Reserve of Cape Recife, approximately 7 miles from Port Elizabeth.

At this location in 1902 sailors and rescuers lost their lives to a hurricane wrecking countless moored and sea-faring vessels. Reflecting the cutting nature of the reef that separates the tides offshore a single lane onshore cuts through the biting breezes that lead up to the Cape Recife Lighthouse.

McArthur Pool and Leisure Centre offers outdoor swimming pools with slides at kiddies pools. McArthur Pool and Leisure Centre, also known as McArthur Baths, offers outdoor swimming pools with slides at kiddies pools. 

 
Disabled friendly. Kiosk and pool bar on site with access to two restaurants and surf shop. Season tickets available.

Full time security and lifeguards making McArthurs Pool and Leisure Centre "your place for safe family fun in the sun." access to adjoining beach.