Plettenberg Bay
Plettenberg Bay
Plettenbergbaai | |
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From top, Plettenberg Bay viewed from Robberg Peninsula. Keurbooms River mouth (middle left). Beacon Island Resort (middle right). Entrance to Nelson Bay Cave stone age archaeological site (bottom). | |
| Coordinates: 34°03′S 23°22′E / 34.050°S 23.367°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | Garden Route |
| Municipality | Bitou |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.7 km2 (15.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 64,108 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 60.3% |
| • Coloured | 21.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 16.0% |
| • Other | 1.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 53.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 27.4% |
| • English | 13.0% |
| • Other | 5.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 6600 |
| PO box | 6600 |
Plettenberg Bay, nicknamed Plett, is the primary town of the Bitou Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. According to the census of 2001, the town had a population of 29,149. It was originally named Bahia Formosa ("Beautiful Bay") by early Portuguese explorers and lies on South Africa's Garden Route 210 km from Port Elizabeth and about 600 km from Cape Town.