KZN nude beach ranks as one of the world’s best skinny-dipping spots

As Europe and North America mark the end of summer, a dating review website has listed the best skinny-dipping spots in the world and a KwaZulu-Natal beach has made the list.

MyDatingAdviser.com mapped out its top 25 best spots for skinny dipping, with Mpenjati Beach in the Mpenjati Nature Reserve (Port Edward) ranking number 16 in the Skinny Dipping Index Score, the statement read.

So how did Dating Adviser rank the best skinny-dipping spots?

According to the dating website, they compared 100 nude swimming spots across the globe to determine the best locations to enjoy a skinny dip. They then ranked the top 25 skinny dipping locations, with the top swimming spot per country. 

The criteria:

• Beach quality
• Safety
• Weather
• Location costs

The scoring was calculated through the seven key metrics of skinny dipping. They are:

• Friendliness
• Pollution
• Blue Flag status
• Weather
• Air temperature
• Water temperature
• Safety
• Hotel cost

The top five countries

1. Lokrum Island, Dubrovnik, Croatia, index score: 84.5
2. Spiaggia della Lecciona, Tuscany, Itay, index score: 79
3. Maslin Beach, Adelaide, Australia, index score: 72.75
4. English Garden, Munich, Germany, index score: 68.75
5. Barreta Island, Faro, Portugal, index score: 67.5

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Mpenjati Beach has been only official nudist beach in South Africa since 2014. After numerous appeals, public admissions and criticism, the municipality decided to give the go-ahead and nudity became somewhat normalised in KZN.

Giving Mpenjati Beach a Skinny Dipping Index Score of 59 out of 100, the dating adviser described the reserve as “beautiful”.

The beach is found just outside the town of Margate and is a 250-metre stretch of land in the Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality.

Despite the freedom of letting it all hang out, the nudist beach has some rules. They include the prohibition of photographs unless agreed upon, people cannot stare at each other and no suggestive behaviour is allowed, according to SA Venues.

Compiled by Sandisiwe Mbhele