List of lighthouses in South Africa


This is a list of lighthouses in South Africa. It contains currently active lights as well as decommissioned lights of historical importance.

Lighthouses

LighthouseLocationCoordinatesYear
built		StructureFocal
height		ALNNotes
Bird IslandBird Island1852-12-01, 1873-05-0126 m masonry tower30 mD6412The Doddington sank at the island in 1755.
BluffDurban, KZN1867-01-12concrete towerdiscontinued 1940-10-16, later demolished, coordinates are for the original iron tower
Cape AgulhasCape Agulhas, WC1849-03-0127 m tower31 m HWD6370National monument Provincial Heritage Site
Cape ColumbinePaternoster, WC1936-10-0115 m masonry tower80 m HWD5810
Cape Hangklip1960-11-2522 m concrete tower34 m HWD6280
Cape HermesPort St. Johns1903-05-01, 1904-10-1613 m stone tower55 mD6442
Cape Infanta1979-03-1515 m aluminium lattice tower53 m MSLD6371
Cape MorganMorgan's Bay1964-02-0512 m aluminium tower60 mD6434
Cape PointSimon's Bay, WC1860-05-01, 1919-03-119 m masonry tower87 m HWD6120
Cape RecifeAlgoa Bay, EC1851-04-0124 m masonry tower28 mD6390
Cape SealPlettenberg Bay1950-05-116 m tower146 mD6384
Cape St. BlaizeMossel Bay1864-03-1520.5 masonry tower73 mD6378
Cape St. Lucia1906-12-15, 19158 m cast iron tower113 mD6484
Cape St. MartinSt Helena Bay, WC1977-12-1210 m aluminium lattice tower18 mD5801
Cape VidalCape Vidal Forestry Reserve, KZN1985-07-0823 m concrete tower64.5 m MSLD6485painted yellow
Castle PointEast London, CC1860-08-25wooddecommissioned 1895
Cooper LightBrighton Beach, Durban, KZN1953-07-3121 m concrete tower134 mD6458
Danger Point1895-01-01masonry tower45 mD6320
Dassen IslandDassen Island, WC1893-04-1528 m iron tower47 mD5860
Deal LightPapenkuils river mouth1973-11-0122 m aluminium lattice tower26.9 mD6400
DoringbaaiDoringbaai1963-04-0221 m aluminum lattice tower36 mD5734
DurnfordPort Durnford Forestry Reserve1916-03-0112 m steel tower49 mD6482
Great FishPort Alfred1898-07-019 m masonry tower85 mD6416
Green PointGreen Point, WC1824-04-1216 m masonry tower20 m HWD5900National monument and Provincial Heritage site
Green PointUmzinto, KZN190521 m cast iron tower86 mD6454
Groenriviermond1988-11-2117.2 m concrete tower27.3 mD5720
The HillPort Elizabeth, EC1861-06-01decommissioned 1973-10-31
Hondeklipbaai1936-02-15, 1956-02-158 m steel tower29 mD5704
Hood PointEast London, EC1895-06-0419 m masonry tower55 mD6420
Ifafa Beach1980-02-0423 m tower35.1 m MSLD6452
Jesser PointSordwana Bay, KZN1986-04concrete tower61 m MSLD6486
M'bashe Point1926-12-0314 m lattice steel tower47 mD6438
MilnertonMilnerton, WC1960-03-1021 m concrete tower28 mD5910
Mouille Point1842-07-01, 1865Discontinued in 1908, demolished on or after 1921.
North HeadSaldanha Bay, WC1939-07-12, 1969-12-0221 m aluminum tower33 mD5830
North Sand1968-07-1721 m alumunium lattice tower38 mD6448
Port NollothPort Nolloth, NC190911 m aluminium lattice tower17 mD5660
Port ShepstoneUmzinkulu River mouth, KZN1895, ~19058 m cast iron tower24 mD6450
Quoin Point1955-03-02, 1990-1021 m steel tower32 mD6332
Richards BayRichards Bay, KZN1979-05-2211 m concrete tower72 m MSLD6483
Robben IslandRobben Island, WC1865-01-0118 m masonry tower47 mD5870
Roman RockSimon's Town, WC1845, 1861-09-16cast iron tower17 m HWD6140
Seal PointCape St. Francis, EC1878-07-0427.75 m masonry tower36 mD6386National monument Provincial Heritage site Construction started in 1875.
SlangkopKommetjie1919-03-0433 m iron tower41 m HWD6110
South HeadSaldanha Bay, WC1969-12-0221 m aluminum tower34 mD5831
South SandEC1931-08-2121 m steel tower82 mD6446
Tugela1972-11-2221 m aluminium lattice tower36 mD6481
Umhlanga RocksDurban, KZN1954-11-2521 m concrete tower25 mD6480
Ystervarkpunt1964-08-0421 m aluminium tower51 mD6374

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