Sea Point has various Atlantic sea view accommodation in the Cape Town area available along the entire shoreline and therefore a great Cape Town holiday destination, with cheap, budget and family accommodation available. Many foreigner and local businesses see Sea Point as a great meeting place for tourists with many German, British and Dutch owned accommodation venues.
The unique promenade in Sea Point, which starts at Mouille Point is a very popular tourist attraction, it's a jogger's paradise and many holiday makers meet here for a stroll alongthe sea front and a talk. The small beaches in Sea Point are not very good for swimming but supplies a huge seawater kid freindly swimming pool.
The unique suburb of Green Point has budget and selft catering accommodation and is known for its Sunday flee market with thousands of budget stalls around the world famous Green Point Stadium. Tourists will find African arts & crafts are sold here and discounted prices.
The beaches at Sea Point aremostly rocky, but still great for sun bathing. For swimming you should rather visit the big public seawater swimming pool which is a 100 metre long pool with a 5 metre jumping board. There is a stunning view of the sea usually with container ships heading for the harbour in Table Bay, or China, and Robben Island lying in the distance.
Between the Waterfront and Sea Point, lies the old Light House of Mouille Point. The unique landmark has been in existance from eightneen twenty four and was the first lighthouse built from regular bricks in Southern Africa. The twenty metre high light house tower originally had a petroleum fired inner lantern with a radius of six nautical miles. In 1928, an electrical light was installed with flashes that are visible from up to twenty five nautic miles. The Mouille Point lighthouse can be visited during the weekly by the public.