🐟 EASTERN CAPE SEA & SHORE ANGLING

Beaches, Rocks, Estuaries & Charters

Saltwater angling along the Eastern Cape coast — surf beaches and rocky ledges, piers and estuary mouths, ski-boat clubs, deep-sea charters and tackle. Filterable by region and type.

💡 A SA marine recreational fishing permit is required to fish the shore or sea, with bag and size limits and closed seasons on some species. Some shore lies in marine protected areas with extra rules — check before you fish.

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📍 Where in the Eastern CapeAll areas

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Big John Fishing Charters — Gqeberha. Skippered deep-sea charters out of Algoa Bay targeting yellowtail, kob and geelbek plus seasonal tuna, with…
Blackfish Charters — Port Alfred. Charter running from Port Alfred since 1978, offering bottom trips for cob, geelbek and roman and offshore trips for…
Bonza Bay Fishing Tackle — East London. Neighbourhood tackle and bait shop in East London supplying rigs, traces and fresh bait for Nahoon, Gonubie and Bonza…
Bushmans River Mouth — Kenton-on-Sea. Bushmans (Boesmans) estuary at Kenton-on-Sea, known for prawn banks and good grunter, kob and leervis fishing from bank…
Cape Recife shore ledges — Gqeberha. Rocky point in Cape Recife Nature Reserve at the southern tip of Algoa Bay, fished for kob, bronze bream and galjoen.…
Coffee Bay shore fishing — Coffee Bay. Coffee Bay's beaches and rocky headlands, with Hole in the Wall nearby, are fished for kob, bronze bream, garrick and…
East London Ski Boat Club — East London. Club on the east bank of the Buffalo River near Latimer's Landing, offering ski-boat launch into the harbour mouth and…
Gonubie beach & river mouth — East London. Gonubie beach and river mouth north-east of East London, fished off the sand and rocks for kob, shad and bronze bream.…
Jeffreys Bay surf beaches — Jeffreys Bay. Open surf beaches around Jeffreys Bay produce kob, garrick (leervis) and shad off the sand, with the Kabeljous side a…
Kabeljous Estuary — Jeffreys Bay. Kabeljous River mouth and lagoon north of Jeffreys Bay, fished for kob, grunter and springer. Part lies within a nature…
Kariega River Mouth — Kenton-on-Sea. Deep, clear Kariega estuary at Kenton-on-Sea, a productive shore and boat venue for kob, spotted grunter and leervis.…
Kowie Deep Sea Fishing — Port Alfred. Port Alfred charter running deep-sea and bottom-fishing trips out of the Kowie into Eastern Cape offshore grounds for…
Kowie River Estuary — Port Alfred. Tidal Kowie estuary running through Port Alfred, fished from banks and small craft for kob, grunter and springer, best…
Kromme River Mouth — St Francis Bay. Kromme River estuary at St Francis Bay, fished from bank and boat for grunter, kob and leervis. A recreational permit…
Mazeppa Bay — Centane. Remote Wild Coast rock-and-ledge venue near Centane, famous for its cabled island, fished for kob, garrick, bronze…
Mdumbi Estuary — Coffee Bay. Mdumbi River mouth on the Wild Coast between Coffee Bay and Port St Johns, fished for kob, grunter and river snapper…
Nahoon River Estuary & Reef — East London. Nahoon River mouth and beach in East London, fished for kob, grunter and shad, with adjacent Nahoon Reef rock ledges. A…
PEDSAC (Port Elizabeth Deep Sea Angling Club) — Gqeberha. Long-established deep-sea angling club on the Gqeberha waterfront with ski-boat launch access to Algoa Bay reefs and…
Port Alfred River Ski Boat Club — Port Alfred. Ski-boat club on the Kowie River in Port Alfred with launch access to the river mouth and open sea, plus a bar and…
Port St Francis Ski Boat & Yacht Club — St Francis Bay. Members' club at the sheltered Port St Francis harbour with a protected slipway and launch for ski-boats into St…
Port St Johns shore fishing — Port St Johns. Port St Johns at the Umzimvubu mouth offers rock, surf and estuary angling for kob, garrick and bronze bream around…
Qora Mouth (Kob Inn) — Willowvale. Qora River mouth on the Wild Coast near Willowvale, a noted shore-angling base at Kob Inn with rock ledges and estuary…
St Francis Safaris Fishing Charters — St Francis Bay. Offshore and inshore charters from St Francis Bay and Port St Francis for tuna, yellowtail and bottom species, plus…
Wayne's Deep Sea Charters — East London. Skippered deep-sea charters running out of the Buffalo River mouth at East London for game and reef species. Operated…
Willie's Bait & Fishing Tackle — Gqeberha. Long-running bait and tackle outlet in Gqeberha stocking rigs, traces and fresh and frozen bait for surf and rock…