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The first visitor to St Francis Bay was Diogo Pereira Botelho, he called on the area to replenish his water supply in 1537. The second visitor was Manoel de Mesquita Perestrello, he was to explore the coast from Cape of Good Hope to Cape Correntes.
He eventually reached a Cape he named "Cape Serras" (Cape St Francis) and a bay to the east he named S. Francisca.
It is possible that he gave the bay its name because he was reminded of, or wished to honour the monastery of S. Francisco in his home town of Santareme. |
The Cape St Francis lighthouse was build because there were numerous ships that wrecked themselves on the rocky shore of the bay. It was finished in 1878 and still functions today. At 33 meters, it is the highest lighthouse built on the coast of
South Africa, and is now also used as a weather station. This lighthouse was for years considered one of the most remote on the South African coast and for many years the only way to reach it was per ox wagon over the dunes. Without an ox wagon the only way was per foot. The lighthouse has been declared a historical building
Cape St Francis is situated at the most southern Cape in the Eastern Cape. It boasts with the Cape St Francis Light House, a National Monument, built in 1878 at Seal Point. The village was only proclaimed in 1965.
Cape St Francis is a small coastal hamlet surrounded by nature reserves and a pristine 5km beach encompassed by 2 points, Shark Point and Seal Point. Seal Point being the third most southerly point in South Africa.
Cape St Francis comprises of a holiday resort, a comprehensive mini market, restaurants and pubs, a world class surf reef and point break.
As this area falls within the Cape Floral Kingdom it provides excellent bird watching and gentle nature trails through the natural gardens.
Cape St Francis Climate....
The average rainfall is about 660mm and falls mainly in the cooler months thus giving our area a mediterranean type climate typical of the Western Cape.
Temperatures are mild and the lowest and highest mean absolute maxima at Cape St Francis are 5.00C and 29.70C respectively. Extremely high temperatures (up to 350C) are occasionally experienced during berg wind conditions in Spring and Autumn.
Berg winds which are hot and turbulent are composed of air masses draining from the interior. They are most common in the winter months.
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