A 250 metre stretch of beach that falls under the Mpenjati Nature Reserve at Trafalgar on the south coast, was given naturist beach status by the local municipality in late 2014.

The beach in the reserve has been used by naturists for over 20 years and was proclaimed as a naturist beach in October 2014. In November 2017 the Public Protector declared that the proclamation of the beach as a naturist beach by the Municipality and did not follow proper procedures and prescripts.

Mpenjati beach is a small strip of the Trafalgar beach roughly 140 kms south of Durban on the Hibiscus Coast. The Mpenjati River Lagoon has also gained a reputation as a popular venue for a variety of water-based activities which include fishing, board sailing, boating, canoeing and swimming.