List of lighthouses in South Africa

uMhlanga Rocks Lighthouse

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

South African bathymetry and lighthouses (Pons D., 2025)

Lighthouses

Lighthouse	Location	Coordinates	Year built	Structure	Focal height	ALN	Notes
Bird Island	Bird Island [1]	33°50′29.72″S26°17′13.55″E / 33.8415889°S 26.2870972°E / -33.8415889; 26.2870972 (Bird Island Lighthouse) [1]	1852-12-01, 1873-05-01 [1]	26 m masonry tower [1]	30 m [1]	D6412 [2]	The Doddington sank at the island in 1755. [1]
Bluff	Durban, KZN	29°52′40″S31°03′50″E / 29.87778°S 31.06389°E / -29.87778; 31.06389 (Bluff Lighthouse)	1867-01-12	concrete tower			discontinued 1940-10-16, later demolished, coordinates are for the original iron tower [3] [4] [5]
Cape Agulhas	Cape Agulhas, WC	34°49′08″S20°00′33″E / 34.81889°S 20.00917°E / -34.81889; 20.00917 (Cape Agulhas Lighthouse)	1849-03-01	27 m tower	31 m HW	D6370 [6]	National monument, [7] Provincial Heritage Site [8]
Cape Columbine	Paternoster, WC	32°48′39″S17°51′23″E / 32.81083°S 17.85639°E / -32.81083; 17.85639 (Cape Columbine Lighthouse)	1936-10-01	15 m masonry tower	80 m HW	D5810 [9]	[10]
Cape Hangklip		34°23′11.4″S18°49′42.3″E / 34.386500°S 18.828417°E / -34.386500; 18.828417 (Cape Hangklip Lighthouse)	1960-11-25	22 m concrete tower	34 m HW	D6280 [11]	[3]
Cape Hermes	Port St. Johns	31°38′06″S29°33′23″E / 31.63500°S 29.55639°E / -31.63500; 29.55639 (Cape Hermes Lighthouse)	1903-05-01, 1904-10-16	13 m stone tower	55 m	D6442 [12]	[13]
Cape Infanta		34°28′18.76″S20°50′47.09″E / 34.4718778°S 20.8464139°E / -34.4718778; 20.8464139 (Cape Infanta Lighthouse)	1979-03-15	15 m aluminium lattice tower	53 m MSL	D6371 [6]	[14]
Cape Morgan	Morgan's Bay	32°42′26″S28°21′55″E / 32.70722°S 28.36528°E / -32.70722; 28.36528 (Cape Morgan Lighthouse)	1964-02-05	12 m aluminium tower	60 m	D6434 [12]	[15]
Cape Point	Cape Point, WC	34°21′24″S18°30′00″E / 34.35667°S 18.50000°E / -34.35667; 18.50000 (Cape Point Lighthouse)	1860-05-01, 1919-03-11	9 m masonry tower	87 m HW	D6120 [16]	[16] [17]
Cape Recife	Algoa Bay, EC	34°01′43.97″S25°42′03.90″E / 34.0288806°S 25.7010833°E / -34.0288806; 25.7010833 (Cape Recife Lighthouse)	1851-04-01	24 m masonry tower	28 m	D6390 [2]	[18]
Cape Seal	Plettenberg Bay	34°06′27.6″S23°24′22.83″E / 34.107667°S 23.4063417°E / -34.107667; 23.4063417 (Cape Seal Lighthouse)	1950-05-11	6 m tower	146 m	D6384 [19]	[14]
Cape St. Blaize	Mossel Bay	34°11′09.45″S22°09′25.14″E / 34.1859583°S 22.1569833°E / -34.1859583; 22.1569833 (Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse)	1864-03-15	20.5 masonry tower	73 m	D6378 [19]	[20]
Cape St. Lucia		28°30′54″S32°24′00″E / 28.51500°S 32.40000°E / -28.51500; 32.40000 (Cape St. Lucia Lighthouse)	1906-12-15, 1915	8 m cast iron tower	113 m	D6484	[21] [22] [23]
Cape St. Martin	St Helena Bay, WC	32°42′53″S17°55′18.53″E / 32.71472°S 17.9218139°E / -32.71472; 17.9218139 (Cape St. Martin Lighthouse)	1977-12-12	10 m aluminium lattice tower	18 m	D5801 [9]	[24]
Cape Vidal	Cape Vidal Forestry Reserve, KZN	28°08′51.98″S32°33′10.77″E / 28.1477722°S 32.5529917°E / -28.1477722; 32.5529917 (Cape Vidal Lighthouse)	1985-07-08	23 m concrete tower	64.5 m MSL	D6485 [23]	painted yellow [25]
Castle Point	East London, CC		1860-08-25	wood			decommissioned 1895 [22] [24]
Cooper Light	Brighton Beach, Durban, KZN	29°56′05″S31°00′15″E / 29.93472°S 31.00417°E / -29.93472; 31.00417 (Cooper Light)	1953-07-31	21 m concrete tower	134 m	D6458 [26]	[27]
Danger Point		34°37′48.8″S19°18′10.9″E / 34.630222°S 19.303028°E / -34.630222; 19.303028 (Danger Point Lighthouse)	1895-01-01	masonry tower	45 m	D6320 [6]	[28]
Dassen Island	Dassen Island, WC	33°25′54″S18°05′22″E / 33.43167°S 18.08944°E / -33.43167; 18.08944 (Dassen Island Lighthouse)	1893-04-15	28 m iron tower	47 m	D5860 [29]	[30]
Deal Light	Papenkuils river mouth	33°54′56″S25°36′52″E / 33.91556°S 25.61444°E / -33.91556; 25.61444 (Deal Light Lighthouse)	1973-11-01	22 m aluminium lattice tower	26.9 m	D6400 [2]	[1]
Doringbaai	Doringbaai	31°49′00″S18°14′00″E / 31.81667°S 18.23333°E / -31.81667; 18.23333 (Doringbaai Lighthouse) [31]	1963-04-02	21 m aluminum lattice tower	36 m	D5734 [31]	[32]
Durnford	Port Durnford Forestry Reserve	28°55′00″S31°55′30″E / 28.91667°S 31.92500°E / -28.91667; 31.92500 (Durnford Lighthouse)	1916-03-01	12 m steel tower	49 m	D6482 [33]	[34]
Great Fish	Port Alfred	33°31′10″S27°06′34″E / 33.51944°S 27.10944°E / -33.51944; 27.10944 (Great Fish Lighthouse)	1898-07-01	9 m masonry tower	85 m	D6416 [12]	[35]
Green Point	Green Point, WC	33°54′04″S18°24′02″E / 33.90111°S 18.40056°E / -33.90111; 18.40056 (Green Point Lighthouse, Cape Town)	1824-04-12	16 m masonry tower	20 m HW	D5900 [16]	[36] [37] National monument and Provincial Heritage site [38]
Green Point	Umzinto, KZN	30°14′56.1″S30°46′38.9″E / 30.248917°S 30.777472°E / -30.248917; 30.777472 (Green Point Lighthouse, Natal)	1905	21 m cast iron tower	86 m	D6454 [26]	[39] [40]
Groenriviermond		30°51′53″S17°34′49″E / 30.86472°S 17.58028°E / -30.86472; 17.58028 (Groenriviermond Lighthouse)	1988-11-21	17.2 m concrete tower	27.3 m	D5720 [31]	[41]
The Hill	Port Elizabeth, EC		1861-06-01				decommissioned 1973-10-31 [30]
Hondeklipbaai		30°18′30.7″S17°16′17.8″E / 30.308528°S 17.271611°E / -30.308528; 17.271611 (Hondeklipbaai Lighthouse)	1936-02-15, 1956-02-15	8 m steel tower	29 m	D5704 [31]	[32]
Hood Point	East London, EC	33°02′25.96″S27°53′55.00″E / 33.0405444°S 27.8986111°E / -33.0405444; 27.8986111 (Hood Point Lighthouse)	1895-06-04	19 m masonry tower	55 m	D6420 [12]	[42]
Ifafa Beach		30°27′46.7″S30°39′08.4″E / 30.462972°S 30.652333°E / -30.462972; 30.652333 (Ifafa Beach Lighthouse)	1980-02-04	23 m tower	35.1 m MSL	D6452 [26]	[43]
Jesser Point	Sodwana Bay, KZN	27°32′41.35″S32°33′40.81″E / 27.5448194°S 32.5613361°E / -27.5448194; 32.5613361 (Jesser Point Lighthouse)	1986-04	concrete tower	61 m MSL	D6486 [23]	[25]
M'bashe Point		32°14′27.1″S28°54′54″E / 32.240861°S 28.91500°E / -32.240861; 28.91500 (M'bashe Point Lighthouse) [12]	1926-12-03	14 m lattice steel tower	47 m	D6438 [12]	[44]
Milnerton	Milnerton, WC	33°52′53.47″S18°29′18.52″E / 33.8815194°S 18.4884778°E / -33.8815194; 18.4884778 (Milnerton Lighthouse)	1960-03-10	21 m concrete tower	28 m	D5910 [45]	[46]
Mouille Point		33°54′00″S18°25′19″E / 33.90000°S 18.42194°E / -33.90000; 18.42194 (Mouille Point Lighthouse) [47]	1842-07-01, 1865				Discontinued in 1908, demolished on or after 1921. [48]
North Head	Saldanha Bay, WC	33°03′00″S17°54′42″E / 33.05000°S 17.91167°E / -33.05000; 17.91167 (North Head Lighthouse)	1939-07-12, 1969-12-02	21 m aluminum tower	33 m	D5830 [9]	[31] [49]
Port Edward	Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal	31°03′24″S30°13′33″E / 31.05667°S 30.22583°E / -31.05667; 30.22583 (North Sand Bluff Lighthouse)	1968-07-17	21 m alumunium lattice tower	38 m	D6448 [12]	[50]
Port Nolloth	Port Nolloth, NC	29°14′58.36″S16°52′08.48″E / 29.2495444°S 16.8690222°E / -29.2495444; 16.8690222 (Port Nolloth Lighthouse)	1909	11 m aluminium lattice tower	17 m	D5660 [31]	[21]
Port Shepstone	Port Shepstone, KZN	30°44′30.1″S30°27′33.0″E / 30.741694°S 30.459167°E / -30.741694; 30.459167 (Port Shepstone Lighthouse)	1895, ~1905	8 m cast iron tower	24 m	D6450 [12]	[35]
Quoin Point		34°46′49.77″S19°38′24.91″E / 34.7804917°S 19.6402528°E / -34.7804917; 19.6402528 (Quoin Point Lighthouse)	1955-03-02, 1990–10	21 m steel tower	32 m	D6332 [6]	[48]
Richards Bay	Richards Bay, KZN	28°46′30.3″S32°07′41.1″E / 28.775083°S 32.128083°E / -28.775083; 32.128083 (Richards Bay Lighthouse)	1979-05-22	11 m concrete tower	72 m MSL	D6483 [23]	[34]
Robben Island	Robben Island, WC	33°48′52.20″S18°22′29.25″E / 33.8145000°S 18.3747917°E / -33.8145000; 18.3747917 (Robben Island Lighthouse)	1865-01-01	18 m masonry tower	47 m	D5870 [29]	[51]
Roman Rock	Simon's Town, WC	34°10′54″S18°27′42″E / 34.18167°S 18.46167°E / -34.18167; 18.46167 (Roman Rock Lighthouse) [16]	1845, [52] 1861-09-16	cast iron tower	17 m HW	D6140 [53]	[54]
Seal Point	Cape St. Francis, EC	34°12′44.79″S24°50′11.92″E / 34.2124417°S 24.8366444°E / -34.2124417; 24.8366444 (Seal Point Lighthouse)	1878-07-04	27.75 m masonry tower	36 m	D6386 [19]	National monument, [55] Provincial Heritage site. [56] Construction started in 1875. [57]
Slangkop	Kommetjie	34°08′54.59″S18°19′11.89″E / 34.1484972°S 18.3199694°E / -34.1484972; 18.3199694 (Slangkop Lighthouse)	1919-03-04	33 m iron tower	41 m HW	D6110 [16]	[58]
South Head	Saldanha Bay, WC	33°06′19.44″S17°57′18.01″E / 33.1054000°S 17.9550028°E / -33.1054000; 17.9550028 (South Head Lighthouse)	1969-12-02	21 m aluminum tower	34 m	D5831 [9]	[49]
South Sand	EC	31°19′38.10″S29°57′41.11″E / 31.3272500°S 29.9614194°E / -31.3272500; 29.9614194 (South Sand Lighthouse)	1931-08-21	21 m steel tower	82 m	D6446 [12]	[50]
Tugela		29°13′19.8″S31°30′15.9″E / 29.222167°S 31.504417°E / -29.222167; 31.504417 (Tugela Lighthouse)	1972-11-22	21 m aluminium lattice tower	36 m	D6481 [33]	[43]
uMhlanga Rocks	uMhlanga, KZN	29°43′41.57″S31°05′18.20″E / 29.7282139°S 31.0883889°E / -29.7282139; 31.0883889 (Umhlanga Rocks Lighthouse)	1954-11-25	21 m concrete tower	25 m	D6480 [33]	[15]
Ystervarkpunt		34°23′26″S21°43′05″E / 34.39056°S 21.71806°E / -34.39056; 21.71806 (Ystervarkpunt Lighthouse)	1964-08-04	21 m aluminium tower	51 m	D6374 [6]	[46]

See also

• List of lighthouses in Namibia (to the north-west)
• List of lighthouses in Mozambique (to the north-east)
• List of lighthouses and lightvessels
• Transnet National Ports Authority
• List of shipwrecks in South Africa

Gallery

• 
  Mouille Point Lighthouse, Cape Town
• 
  Seal Point Lighthouse
• 
  Green Point Lighthouse, Cape Town
• 
  The lighthouse at Milnerton, Cape Town. It is situated on Woodbridge Island

References

• Lighthouses of South Africa. Portnet. 1991. ISBN   0-620-16367-4.
• "Section 1 - List of Lights and Radio Signals". List of Lights, Fog Signals, Radio Navigational Aids and Radio Services (2008 ed.). South African Navy, Hydrographic Office. 4 September 1991. ISBN   9780958407175.
• Williams, Harold A. (1993). Southern lights: lighthouses of Southern Africa. Rivonia: William Waterman publications. ISBN   0-9583751-1-9.

1. Portnet (1991), p.26.
2. SA Navy (2008), p.21.
3. Portnet (1991), p.32.
4. Ingram, Joseph Forsyth (1895). The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide. J. Causton and sons. p. 82.
5. Natal Almanac, Directory and Yearly Register. Pietermaritzburg. 1897. p. 531.
6. SA Navy (2008), p.19.
7. Portnet (1991), p.19.
8. "Cape LAgulhas Lighthouse Bredasdorp District". South African Heritage Resources Agency . Retrieved 7 December 2010.
9. SA Navy (2008), p.14.
10. Portnet (1991), p.31.
11. SA Navy (2008), p.18.
12. SA Navy (2008), p.22.
13. Portnet (1991), p.37.
14. Portnet (1991), p.22.
15. Portnet (1991), p.14.
16. SA Navy (2008), p.17.
17. Portnet (1991), p.33.
18. Portnet (1991), p.27.
19. SA Navy (2008), p.20.
20. Portnet (1991), p.23.
21. Portnet (1991), p.36.
22. Williams (1993), p.x.
23. SA Navy (2008), p.26.
24. Portnet (1991), p.30.
25. Portnet (1991), p.34.
26. SA Navy (2008), p.23.
27. Portnet (1991), p.9.
28. Portnet (1991), p.25.
29. SA Navy (2008), p.15.
30. Portnet (1991), p.42.
31. SA Navy (2008), p.13.
32. Portnet (1991), p.20.
33. SA Navy (2008), p.24.
34. Portnet (1991), p.40.
35. Portnet (1991), p.38.
36. Williams (1993), p.1.
37. Portnet (1991), p.17.
38. "Green Point Lighthouse Cape Town". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
39. Williams (1993), p.93.
40. Portnet (1991), p.11.
41. Portnet (1991), p.21.
42. Portnet (1991), p.39.
43. Portnet (1991), p.18.
44. Portnet (1991), p.29.
45. SA Navy (2008), p.16.
46. Portnet (1991), p.6.
47. Lighthouses. Return to an Address of ... the House of Commons, dated 15 April 1850;- for, "Statement of what measures have been adopted respecting the erection, management and superintendence of lighthouses in the British colonies and possessions (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, no.225, of Session 1849)" "and, Abstract of any Returns received from the colonies upon the subject since April 1849.". H. Hansard. 1850. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
48. Portnet (1991), p.24.
49. Portnet (1991), p.16.
50. Portnet (1991), p.28.
51. Portnet (1991), p.41.
52. Findlay, Alexander George (1879). A Description and List of the Lighthouses of the World. London. p. 136. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
53. SA Navy (2008), p.27.
54. Portnet (1991), p.43.
55. Portnet (1991), p.15.
56. "Seal Point Lighthouse Cape St Francis Humansdorp District". South African Heritage Resources Agency . Retrieved 7 December 2010.
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External links

• Baillie-Cooper, Simon (2006-07-23) Lighthouses of South Africa
• Lighthouse Map and Light Characteristics: Lighthouses, South Africa
• Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.