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South African Marine Protected Areas 17 galleries

South Africa has 22 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) across the country with most being situated along the diverse coastline of the country. This Gallery Collection has smaller specific galleries for each of the MPAs.

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  • Aliwal Shoal MPA
    Aliwal Shoal MPA
    6 images
    Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area lies off the small southern KwaZulu Natal town of Umkomas in South Africa.
  • Amathole MPA
    Amathole MPA
    17 images
    Amathole Marine Protected Area comprises of three different sections and lies within the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
  • Bettys Bay MPA
    Bettys Bay MPA
    33 images
    Bettys Bay Marine Protected Area is managed by CapeNature and lies adjacent to the Fogelberg Biosphere in the Western Cape of South Africa.
  • Bird Island MPA
    Bird Island MPA
    220 images
    Bird Island lies in Algoa Bay, South Africa. It is home to the most important African Penguin and Cape Gannet breeding colony in South Africa.
  • De Hoop MPA
    De Hoop MPA
    386 images
    De Hoop Marine Protected Area is one of the largest and most important marine protected areas in South Africa. It is a no-take area that protected biodiversity of the Agulhas region
  • Dwesa-Cwebe MPA
    Dwesa-Cwebe MPA
    39 images
    Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area lies within the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
  • Goukamma MPA
    Goukamma MPA
    13 images
    Goukamma Nature Reserve and Marine Protected Area lies 12kms to the west of Knysna in the southern Cape of South Africa. It comprises of both a marine and terrestrial reserve that also has an estuary running through it.
  • Hluleka MPA
    Hluleka MPA
    5 images
    Hluleka Marine Protected Area lies within the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park MPAs
    iSimangaliso Wetland Park MPAs
    8 images
    The iSimangaliso Marine Protected Areas run from the Mozambique border south to St Lucia and Mapelane in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
  • Langebaan Lagoon & Sixteen Mile Beach MPA
    Langebaan Lagoon & Sixteen Mile...
    208 images
    The West Coast National Park, managed by the South African National Parks surrounds the RAMSAR site of Langebaan Lagoon and also includes a number of important seabird breeding islands.
  • Offshore Marine Protected Areas
    Offshore Marine Protected Areas
    57 images
    Offshore Marine Protected Areas are important to numerous pelagic species of fish and act as important feeding grounds for pelagic birds.
  • Pondoland MPA
    Pondoland MPA
    2 images
    Pondoland Marine Protected Area lies within the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
  • Robberg MPA
    Robberg MPA
    4 images
    Robberg Marine Protected Area surrounds a long peninsula adjacent to the town of Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape of South Africa
  • Stillbay MPA
    Stillbay MPA
    15 images
    Stillbay Marine Protected Area lies in the southern Cape and also includes the Goukou River and estuary
  • Table Mountain MPA
    Table Mountain MPA
    23 images
    Table Mountain National Park and Marine Protected Area lies adjacent to the city of Cape Town
  • Trafalgar MPA
    Trafalgar MPA
    24 images
    Trfalgar Marine Protected Area lies on the coastline of southern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
  • Tsitsikamma MPA
    Tsitsikamma MPA
    64 images
    Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area is South Africa's and Africa's oldest MPA, established in 1964. It lies within the Garden Route National Park in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape of South Africa.