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There is a moment every Capetonian knows. It is July, the rain has not stopped in days, the wind is doing that thing it does and you find yourself googling "where is it warm in South Africa right now." The answer is a short flight away, on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, where the sea stays swimmable at 21°C to 23°C all winter long.

This is the holiday more and more Cape Town families are quietly booking each winter. Not a long-haul escape, not a passport and a layover. Just a short flight to a coastline that does not get the memo about winter, and a self-catering apartment at Shakas Rock waiting at the other end.