The Island
District of Groot-Brakrivier
in Eden District Municipality of Western Cape, South Africa
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George Airport (9 mi) - Mossel Bay Airport (12 mi)
- Oudtshoorn Airport (30 mi)
- Plettenberg Bay Airport (63 mi)
- Overberg Airport (118 mi)
- Robertson Airport (134 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -34.044 and 22.226 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -34° 2' 37" and E 22° 13' 32"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Rand - ZAR
- Spoken languages:
- Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, South Ndebele
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 02:09 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:13 am and 5:41 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 22.212 and -159.413 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Kilauea - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to South Africa.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning South Africa. Last Update: 2024-05-10 08:04:54
Explore The Island
The district The Island of Groot-Brakrivier in Eden District Municipality (Western Cape) is located in South Africa about 675 mi south-west of Pretoria, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Mossel Bay, George, Oudtshoorn, Knysna and Prince Albert. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 64 °F
| Morning Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
| Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 58% |
| Air Pressure | 1008 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (7 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Saturday, 11th of May 2024
16°C (60 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Sunday, 12th of May 2024
15°C (60 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 13th of May 2024
18°C (64 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Two Sunsets B & B
Ilita Lodge
Videos from this area
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Mosselbay from boat
The beautiful city of Mosselbay filmed from the bay.
Mossel Bay- parasailing, horseriding & paragliding Sam.topping's photos around Mossel Bay
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Mossel Bay Deep Sea Fishing
Deep Sea Fishing Adventures offers daily deep sea fishing trips in Mossel Bay. To get more information visit www.deepseaadventures.co.za.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Mossel Bay
Mossel Bay (Afrikaans Mosselbaai) is a harbour town of about 130,000 people on the Southern Cape of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province. Mossel Bay lies 400 kilometres east of the country's seat of parliament, Cape Town (which is also the capital city of the Western Cape Province), and 400 km west of Port Elizabeth, the largest city in the Eastern Cape Province.
Pinnacle Point
Pinnacle Point is a small promontory immediately south of Mossel Bay, a town on the southern coast of South Africa. Excavations since the year 2000 of a series of caves at Pinnacle Point have revealed occupation by Middle Stone Age people between 170,000 and 40,000 years ago.
Wolwedans Dam
Wolwedans Dam is a dam in South Africa on the Great Brak River near Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1990. The dam is the main source of water for the municipality of Mossel Bay as well as the gas-to-liquids refinery PetroSA.
Groot Brak Rivier
Groot Brak Rivier is a settlement in Eden District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. This is a historic village built around the Great Brak River Lagoon, about 27 km east of Mossel Bay’s CBD. It was founded by the Searle family of Surrey, England — of which the elder brother, Richard (originally a labourer), emigrated to South Africa under a Government-sponsored scheme in 1845. He arrived in Great Brak River to work for the Central Road Board in 1850.
Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club
Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club, / Mosselbaai Seiljag- en Bootklub (Afrikaans), established in 1956, is a yacht club in South Africa. It is located in the harbour city of Mossel Bay on the Garden Route in the Western Cape Province. The club is multi-aquatic for the disciplines of yachting (keelboat, multihull and dinghies), boating (motor yacht/boat leisure and deep sea angling), diving, rowing, development of the youth and social.
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