Gansbaai
Gansbaai | |
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Danger Point lighthouse near Gansbaai | |
| Coordinates: 34°34′58″S 19°21′8″E / 34.58278°S 19.35222°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | Overberg |
| Municipality | Overstrand |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.44 km2 (4.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 11,598 |
| • Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 45.2% |
| • Coloured | 29.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 24.5% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 53.2% |
| • Xhosa | 39.8% |
| • English | 3.5% |
| • Sotho | 1.6% |
| • Other | 1.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 7220 |
| PO box | 7220 |
| Area code | 028 |
Gansbaai (Dutch/Afrikaans for "bay of geese," sometimes referred to as Gans Bay) is a fishing town and tourist destination in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. It is known for its dense population of great white sharks and as a whale watching location.
The main tourist attraction in Gansbaai since approximately 1995 has been cage diving with great white sharks. It is said that after Kruger National Park, the great white sharks attract some of the highest numbers of tourists to South Africa for any single activity.