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Sights and landmarks in Jeffreys Bay

6 sights worth seeing in Jeffreys Bay: landmarks, galleries, monuments and viewpoints.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Aston Bay, Jeffreys Bay
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Sights and landmarks in Jeffreys Bay

  1. See

    Aston Bay

    This area offers long stretches of untouched sandy beaches surrounded by protected nature reserves. Sightings of small buck, tortoises, a large variety of birds, rabbits and mongoose are part of every day life in this nature conservancy and the creatures are much loved by local home-dwellers.

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    Paradise Beach

    A wide and uncrowded beach, good for windsurfers and kite boarders with a nice breeze most of the year.

  3. SeeHistoric site

    Jeffreys Bay Shell Museum

    J-Bay is well known for the huge quantity and the quality of shells that can be found on the beaches. A good book to use as a guide is The Sea Shells of Jeffreys Bay by Douw and Elise Steyn (, Eldolise Publishers, [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]]). There is an annual Shell Festival in September and a lovely Shell Museum on the corner of Drommedaris and Da Gama Roads.

    Mon-Sat 9AM-4PM, Sun 9AM-1PM

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    Jeffreys Bay Surf Museum

    The history of surfing in Jeffreys Bay is displayed by way of newspaper clippings, articles, old magazines, ancient surfboards and lots of other interesting objects.

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    Noorsekloof Nature Reserve

    A small conservation site, more like a park. It's made up of valley bushveld and home to over 50 bird species.

  6. SeeArt gallery

    Palette Art Gallery

    14 Jakaranda St

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Jeffreys Bay (CC BY-SA 4.0). Place data from Overture Maps.