List of bays of South Africa

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List of Bays of South Africa, A bay is an area of water surrounded or otherwise demarcated by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. It can also be an inlet in a lake or pond.

• The following is a partial list of Bays of South Africa.

List of Bays of South Africa

Name	Province	Nearest Town	Coordinates	Notes
Algoa Bay	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth
Bakoven Bay	Western Cape	near Camps Bay
Ballots Bay	Western Cape	near George
Betty's Bay	Western Cape	Betty's Bay
Blameys Bay	KwaZulu-Natal	south of Umkomaas
Boulder Bay	Eastern Cape	south of Port St Johns
Buffels Bay	Western Cape	near Knysna
Camps Bay	Western Cape	Camps Bay
Chapman Bay	Western Cape	near Cape Town
Coffee Bay	Eastern Cape	Coffee Bay
Cracker Bay	KwaZulu-Natal	near Umzumbe
East Point Bay	Western Cape	near Pringle Bay
False Bay (Valsbaai)	Western Cape	Simon's Town
Fish Bay (Visbaai)	Western Cape	near Mossel Bay
Flesh Bay	Western Cape	near Mossel Bay
Gordon's Bay	Western Cape	Gordon's Bay
Granger Bay	Western cape	Cape Town
Herolds Bay	Western Cape	near George
Hol Bay	Western Cape	near Betty's Bay
Hout Bay	Western Cape	near Cape Town
Hydra Bay	Western Cape	near Gans Bay
John Richard's Bay	Western Cape	near Port Beaufort
Kerries Bay	Western Cape	near Kleinmond
Kosi Bay	KwaZulu-Natal	north of St Lucia
Lambasi Bay	Eastern Cape	near Port Grosvenor
Leach Bay	Eastern Cape	East London
Leisure Bay	KwaZulu-Natal	near Port Edward
Long Bay	Western Cape	Robben Island
Marcus Bay	Western Cape	near Arniston
Mas Bay	Western Cape	near Pringle Bay
Mazeppa Bay	Eastern Cape	Mazeppa Bay
Mngazi Bay	Eastern Cape	south of Port St Johns
Moonshine Bay	Western Cape	near Pringle Bay
Morgan's Bay	Eastern Cape	Morgan's Bay
Mossel Bay	Western Cape	Mossel Bay
Murray's Bay	Western Cape	Robben Island
Olifantsbos Bay	Western Cape	near Cape Town
Piet Rogs Bay	Western Cape	near Port Beaufort
Plettenberg Bay	Eastern Cape	Plettenberg Bay
Pooles Bay	Western Cape	Hermanus
Preslie's Bay	Eastern Cape
Pringle Bay	Western Cape	Pringle Bay
Queensberry Bay	Eastern Cape	north of East London
Saint Francis Bay	Eastern Cape	Jeffreys Bay
Saint Lucia Bay	KwaZulu-Natal	St Lucia
Saint Mungo Bay	Western Cape	Cape Aghulas
Saint Sebastian Bay	Western Cape	Port Beaufort
Saldanha Bay	Western Cape	Saldanha Bay
Salmon Bay (Kwazulu-Natal)	KwaZulu-Natal	near Stanger
Salt Vlei Bay	Eastern Cape	Port Alfred
Sand Bay	Western Cape	near Hermanus
Sandown Bay	Western Cape	near Kleinmond
Sandy Bay	Western Cape	near Hout Bay
Santos Bay	Western Cape	Mossel Bay
Shark Bay (KwaZulu-Natal)	KwaZulu-Natal	near Stanger
Sharks Bay	Eastern Cape	Port Alfred
Shuster's Bay	Western Cape	near Cape Town
Simons Bay	Western Cape	Simon's Town
Skoonberg Bay	Western Cape	near Cape Aghulas
Skulpies Bay	Western Cape	near Cape Aghulas
Snake Bay (Slangbaai)	Western Cape	near Cape St Francis
Sodwana Bay	KwaZulu-Natal	north of St Lucia
Spark's Bay	Western Cape	south of Gordon's Bay
Still Bay	Western Cape	Still Bay
Strachan's Bay	Eastern Cape
Struys Bay	Western Cape	near Cape Aghulas
Table Bay	Western Cape	Cape Town
Thompson's Bay	KwaZulu-Natal	near Ballito
Umzinto Bay	KwaZulu-Natal	near Pennington
Victoria Bay	Western Cape	near George
Walker's Bay	Western Cape	near Knysna
Waterloo Bay	Eastern Cape	north of Port Alfred
Witsand Bay	Western Cape	near Cape Town

See also

• Estuaries in South Africa
• List of rivers of South Africa
• List of lakes in South Africa
• List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa
• Lagoons of South Africa
• List of Islands of South Africa