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Jeffreys Bay at a glance

Jeffreys Bay

Jeffreys Bay(Afrikaans - Jeffreysbaai), home to the perfect wave, referred to as J’Bay by locals and loyal visitors, boasts long stretches of golden sand, lapped by the warm waves of the Indian Ocean.

The town is named after Captain Jeffreys who sailed his cargo ship up and down the East Coast of South Africa on trading expeditions in the 1840’s. During one of these trips an epidemic of scurvy broke out aboard his ship. He was forced to land his vessel and soon he realized the potential of the place where he had landed and built a primitive port on what is now the main beach.

Jeffreys Bay is located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated just off the N2 Highway, about an hour's drive southwest of Port Elizabeth.

The summers are warm with a very temperate humidity level. Winters are mild and pleasant, and it is significant that water sports are practised year-round. Jeffreys Bay is best known for its spectacular surfing spots, including Kitchen Windows, Surfers Point and Supertubes. The Billabong Surfing Festival is an international attraction every July when surfers from all over the world come to enjoy these flawless formations of rolling surf.

Jeffreys Bay is famous for abundant seashells, great seafood and calamari. The nearby Kabeljous, Seekoei and Krom river lagoons host numerous water birds, and are also ideal for watersports like canoeing, boardsailing, and fishing. Every year, migrating whales make their way to Hermanus and Witsand to give birth, and whales can be seen breaching almost every day during the season.

Jeffreys Bay is the home of thriving handcraft industries catering for every preference. The Country Feeling clothing shops are synonymous with Jeffreys and all their clothes depict scenes in Jeffreys Bay. Other venues include surf shops, hand-crafted leather shoes and hand-crafted shell art.

Just to the northeast of town on the Kabeljous River lies the Kabeljous Nature Reserve. It is a walk-about reserve, well known to anglers for a diverse number of fish. The Kabeljous estuary is one of the best preserved estuaries in the Eastern Cape. The lagoon is home to waterfowl, herons, and a variety of waders. Nearby, the Seekoei River Nature Reserve lies between Aston Bay and Paradise Beach. The reserve lies on the estuary formed by the Seekoei and Swart rivers.