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Nature reserve · Western Cape
Jock's Bay
Jock's Bay is listed as nature preserve, tourist attraction near Betty's Bay, in Overstrand municipality, Western Cape — about 28 km west of Hermanus. The nearest other area in the directory is Betty's Bay Marine Protected Area, 3 km west.
28 kmwest of Hermanus
3 kmto the nearest listed area
96species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
Address2838 Cliff Rd, Betty's Bay, 7141
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Nature preserve, Tourist attraction
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Overberg
- Local municipality
- Overstrand
- Town
- Betty's Bay 7141
- Coordinates
- -34.3559, 18.9339
- Nearest large town
- Hermanus, 28 km west
- Website
- not listed
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area3 km west
- Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve4 km south-west
- Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve5 km south-west
- Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area19 km north-west
- Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²25 km north
- Avani Nature ReserveNature reserve29 km east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Jock's Bay
435 mammal and 34 946 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus261
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis25
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta23
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis23
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus15
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis13
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus13
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio10
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis9
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina9
- Cape Golden MoleChrysochloris asiatica5
- Short-beaked Common DolphinDelphinus delphis4
- Honey BadgerMellivora capensis2
- Forest ShrewMyosorex varius2
Birds
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra1 305
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus1 304
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens1 243
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis1 102
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa1 085
- African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta1 008
- Orange-breasted SunbirdAnthobaphes violacea989
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus943
- Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis937
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus935
- Cape BatisBatis capensis931
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens911
- Cape SugarbirdPromerops cafer884
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis849
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.