Book a padel court in Cape Town

As of September 25, 2026, our atlas lists 27 padel venues and 99 courts under Cape Town, all bookable on Playtomic. Two need a word of caution: Virgin Active Padel Club - Lourensford is listed under Cape Town but sits in Somerset West, 46 km from the city centre, and Premier Padel Arena is marked as coming soon on its listing. The Winelands add 6 more venues and 19 courts in Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Paarl. Clubs that only take bookings by phone, WhatsApp or their own software are not in our data, so read these numbers as a floor.

This page is for people who live in Cape Town or are moving there: which app to use, where the courts are, which ones are indoor, and what we know so far about when clubs release their slots. Every number comes from our own data, with its date.

Cape Town books on Playtomic

All 27 venues are on Playtomic, and so are all 237 South African clubs in our atlas. We found none on Playbypoint or Anybuddy, the two other platforms Padel Snipe connects to. No other South African city has as many venues listed under its name: Pretoria has 16 and Johannesburg 11, with Sandton and Randburg listed separately (6 each).

A few operators run several sites. Virgin Active has four padel clubs under the Cape Town name (Woodstock, The Glen, Durbanville and Lourensford), Atlantic Padel three along the West Coast (Parklands, Sunningdale and Atlantic Beach), and Africa Padel, Padel 365 and Aura two each. A membership or loyalty scheme at one site may not apply at another, so check with the operator.

Where the courts are

Grouped by each club's map pin and name (so the borders are approximate), Cape Town padel sits in three main areas of similar size: the City Bowl and Atlantic Seaboard (8 venues, 24 courts), Century City and the West Coast (7 venues, 27 courts) and the Southern Suburbs (6 venues, 27 courts).

• City Bowl and Atlantic Seaboard (CBD, Woodstock, Salt River, Camps Bay): 8 venues, 24 courts, 13 of them indoor. Largest: The Racket + Ball Club - Bree Street (4), THE GRID (4), Africa Padel Camps Bay (4).
• Century City and the West Coast (Century City, Parklands, Sunningdale, Atlantic Beach): 7 venues, 27 courts, 22 of them indoor. Largest: Padel 365 Century City (5), Aura Padel Club (5), Padel 365 Richmond Park (5).
• Southern Suburbs and the south (Claremont and further south): 6 venues, 27 courts, 5 of them indoor. Largest: Africa Padel Claremont (9), Arturf Padel Arena Villagers (6), Premier Padel Arena (5).
• Northern Suburbs (Welgemoed, Durbanville, Meerendal): 5 venues, 16 courts, none of them declared indoor. Largest: Padel Now - Meerendal (4), The Padel Zone (4), Padel Story (3).

Claremont is the densest single spot: Africa Padel Claremont (9 outdoor courts), Arturf Padel Arena Villagers (6) and Lifestyle Padel Claremont (2) are within about a kilometre of each other, 17 courts in all.

Indoor courts, wind and winter rain

Clubs declare 40 of the 99 courts as indoor and 51 as outdoor; the other 8 have no type in our data. The indoor courts are not spread evenly: 22 are in Century City and along the West Coast, where five venues are fully or mostly indoor, and 13 in the City Bowl, where Bree Street, Woodstock and Salt River all play under a roof. The Southern Suburbs are mostly outdoor.

That matters in a city where most of the rain falls between May and August and the summer south-easter can make an outdoor court hard work. "Indoor" is Playtomic's label: whether a court is fully enclosed or just roofed is a question for the club.

How far ahead Cape Town clubs open

We added these clubs to our atlas on September 24, 2026 and have not measured their booking horizons yet (the furthest day you can already book, and the time of day a new day appears). Until we have, the table says "being measured" rather than printing a default. Where we have measured them, horizons vary a lot within one metro area: around Barcelona, from one day to four weeks. So do not assume "one week ahead".

You can check your own club in two minutes: open it in the app, scroll to the last bookable day, then look again the next day at a few different times. When one more day has appeared, you know both the horizon and the hour. Our guide to Playtomic booking windows explains the common patterns, and why you keep missing slots on Playtomic covers the usual mistakes.

We have no price data for Cape Town clubs yet. The app shows the exact price before you pay, and Padel Snipe books at that price without adding anything to it.

The 27 venues listed under Cape Town

Court counts and indoor or outdoor type as declared on Playtomic, read on September 25, 2026. Every club is on the map of our padel clubs atlas.

Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Paarl

If you live on the eastern side of the metro, the Winelands venues may be closer than the City Bowl. Stellenbosch alone has four venues and 13 courts:

Elsewhere

We publish the same kind of page, built on the same atlas, for Dubai, Doha, Singapore and London. The country-by-country court count is in our padel atlas 2026.

What Padel Snipe does in Cape Town

Padel Snipe connects to your Playtomic account and books the moment your club puts the slot on sale, at the club price. It schedules on the club's local time (South African Standard Time, UTC+2 all year), wherever you are. You can list several clubs per slot (3 on Pro, 5 on Elite): if the first is full, it tries the next one in your order, which suits a city where Claremont or Century City have several clubs within walking distance. See pricing, and check that your club shows up in the club search before you set up a slot.