# List of lighthouses in South Africa

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

## Lighthouses

| Lighthouse | Location | Coordinates | Year built | Structure | Focal height | ALN | Notes |
| Bird Island | Bird Island | 33°50′29.72″S 26°17′13.55″E﻿ / ﻿33.8415889°S 26.2870972°E﻿ / -33.8415889; 26.2870972﻿ (Bird Island Lighthouse) | 1852-12-01, 1873-05-01 | 26 m masonry tower | 30 m | D6412 | The Doddington sank at the island in 1755. |
| Bluff | Durban, KZN | 29°52′40″S 31°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 |
| Cape Agulhas | Cape Agulhas, WC | 34°49′08″S 20°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 | National monument Provincial Heritage Site |
| Cape Columbine | Paternoster, WC | 32°48′39″S 17°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 | |
| Cape Hangklip | | 34°23′11.4″S 18°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 | |
| Cape Hermes | Port St. Johns | 31°38′06″S 29°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 | |
| Cape Infanta | | 34°28′18.76″S 20°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 | |
| Cape Morgan | Morgan's Bay | 32°42′26″S 28°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 | |
| Cape Point | Cape Point, WC | 34°21′24″S 18°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 | |
| Cape Recife | Algoa Bay, EC | 34°01′43.97″S 25°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 | |
| Cape Seal | Plettenberg Bay | 34°06′27.6″S 23°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 | |
| Cape St. Blaize | Mossel Bay | 34°11′09.45″S 22°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 | |
| Cape St. Lucia | | 28°30′54″S 32°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 | |
| Cape St. Martin | St Helena Bay, WC | 32°42′53″S 17°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 | |
| Cape Vidal | Cape Vidal Forestry Reserve, KZN | 28°08′51.98″S 32°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 | painted yellow |
| Castle Point | East London, CC | | 1860-08-25 | wood | | | decommissioned 1895 |
| Cooper Light | Brighton Beach, Durban, KZN | 29°56′05″S 31°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 | |
| Danger Point | | 34°37′48.8″S 19°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 | |
| Dassen Island | Dassen Island, WC | 33°25′54″S 18°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 | |
| Deal Light | Papenkuils river mouth | 33°54′56″S 25°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 | |
| Doringbaai | Doringbaai | 31°49′00″S 18°14′00″E﻿ / ﻿31.81667°S 18.23333°E﻿ / -31.81667; 18.23333﻿ (Doringbaai Lighthouse) | 1963-04-02 | 21 m aluminum lattice tower | 36 m | D5734 | |
| Durnford | Port Durnford Forestry Reserve | 28°55′00″S 31°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 | |
| Great Fish | Port Alfred | 33°31′10″S 27°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 | |
| Green Point | Green Point, WC | 33°54′04″S 18°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 | National monument and Provincial Heritage site |
| Green Point | Umzinto, KZN | 30°14′56.1″S 30°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 | |
| Groenriviermond | | 30°51′53″S 17°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 | |
| The Hill | Port Elizabeth, EC | | 1861-06-01 | | | | decommissioned 1973-10-31 |
| Hondeklipbaai | | 30°18′30.7″S 17°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 | |
| Hood Point | East London, EC | 33°02′25.96″S 27°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 | |
| Ifafa Beach | | 30°27′46.7″S 30°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 | |
| Jesser Point | Sodwana Bay, KZN | 27°32′41.35″S 32°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 | |
| M'bashe Point | | 32°14′27.1″S 28°54′54″E﻿ / ﻿32.240861°S 28.91500°E﻿ / -32.240861; 28.91500﻿ (M'bashe Point Lighthouse) | 1926-12-03 | 14 m lattice steel tower | 47 m | D6438 | |
| Milnerton | Milnerton, WC | 33°52′53.47″S 18°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 | |
| Mouille Point | | 33°54′00″S 18°25′19″E﻿ / ﻿33.90000°S 18.42194°E﻿ / -33.90000; 18.42194﻿ (Mouille Point Lighthouse) | 1842-07-01, 1865 | | | | Discontinued in 1908, demolished on or after 1921. |
| North Head | Saldanha Bay, WC | 33°03′00″S 17°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 | |
| Port Edward | Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal | 31°03′24″S 30°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 | |
| Port Nolloth | Port Nolloth, NC | 29°14′58.36″S 16°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 | |
| Port Shepstone | Port Shepstone, KZN | 30°44′30.1″S 30°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 | |
| Quoin Point | | 34°46′49.77″S 19°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 | |
| Richards Bay | Richards Bay, KZN | 28°46′30.3″S 32°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 | |
| Robben Island | Robben Island, WC | 33°48′52.20″S 18°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 | |
| Roman Rock | Simon's Town, WC | 34°10′54″S 18°27′42″E﻿ / ﻿34.18167°S 18.46167°E﻿ / -34.18167; 18.46167﻿ (Roman Rock Lighthouse) | 1845, 1861-09-16 | cast iron tower | 17 m HW | D6140 | |
| Seal Point | Cape St. Francis, EC | 34°12′44.79″S 24°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 | National monument Provincial Heritage site Construction started in 1875. |
| Slangkop | Kommetjie | 34°08′54.59″S 18°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 | |
| South Head | Saldanha Bay, WC | 33°06′19.44″S 17°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 | |
| South Sand | EC | 31°19′38.10″S 29°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 | |
| Tugela | | 29°13′19.8″S 31°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 | |
| uMhlanga Rocks | uMhlanga, KZN | 29°43′41.57″S 31°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 | |
| Ystervarkpunt | | 34°23′26″S 21°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 | |