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Marine protected area · Eastern Cape
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Eastern Cape, about 47 km east of Plettenberg Bay.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
47 kmeast of Plettenberg Bay
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Eastern Cape
- District
- Cacadu
- Local municipality
- Kou-Kamma
- Coordinates
- -34.0167, 23.8833
- Nearest large town
- Plettenberg Bay, 47 km east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q65091826 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park1 km south-east- Plaatbos Nature ReserveForest reserve6 km north-east
- Elephant Sanctuary Plettenberg Bay 🐘Wildlife sanctuary38 km west
- Keurboomsrivier NatuurreservaatNature reserve45 km west
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area45 km west- Plettenberg Bay Game ReservePrivate game reserve50 km west
Address and visiting
Listed addressTsitsikamma National Park - Storms River Mouthsanparks.org
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area
345 mammal and 15 625 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis214
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus28
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus14
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus12
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina12
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus12
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus11
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae10
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis9
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis8
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta4
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio2
- Short-beaked Common DolphinDelphinus delphis2
Birds
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus708
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis484
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini448
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus441
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica400
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis391
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio341
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo334
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra334
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens331
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii326
- African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta314
- Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaix308
- Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer280
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.