Lighthouse at Cape Recife

The Cape Recife Lighthouse guarding the western point of Algoa Bay

African Penguin

St Croix Island in Algoa Bay is home to the biggest African Penguin colony in the world. Unfortunately the number of penguins on the island has drastically reduced over the last couple of years and the reason for this basically comes down to pollution and over fishing. SAMREC (SA Marine Rehabilitation and Education Centre) at … Continue reading African Penguin →

Cape Recife coast

Looking back at the point at Cape Recife from one of the view points on Marine Drive. The lighthouse is visible on the left and the reef runs out for a couple of kilometres from the rocky coastline on the right.

Flat Rocks

The area between Pollock Beach and Cape Receive is generally known as Flat Rocks. The name refers to the rocks stretching out to sea at low tide. The rocks are easily accessible and is very popular fishing site. Some of the older Port Elizabeth followers will remember the old Flat Rocks Roadhouse which was situated … Continue reading Flat Rocks →

Mouse House

The South African Marine Rehabilitation Centre, SAMREC runs a rehabilitation centre at Cape Recife to care for the sick and injured Marine Life of Algoa Bay and neighbouring coast line. They run educational programs at the centre and one of the features that the kids love the most is the Mouse House. The Mouse House … Continue reading Mouse House →

Shipping beacon

One of the shipping beacons out Cape Recife. In addition to the lighthouse there are two beacons that were used in the early days to guide ships into Algoa Bay before the advent of modern navigational equipment. Ships sailing along the southern coast towards Algoa Bay had to stay on a straight coarse until they … Continue reading Shipping beacon →

Daylight at the light

Cape Recife Lighthouse

Seaweed

Going for a walk along the beach at Cape Recife the other day, we found this big patch of seaweed washed up on the beach. A lot of seaweed like this gets loosened from the sea floor during storms and after a strong easterly wind gets washed up on the beach.

Lighthouse sunrise

I week or so ago I posted two pics on The Firefly Photo Files taken before and just after sunrise at the lighthouse at Cape Recife Nature Reserve here in Port Elizabeth. This one was taken between the the other two pics. For more of the most awesome photos from all over the world featuring … Continue reading Lighthouse sunrise →

Cape Recife beach

I know I've posted a lot of Cape Recife pictures lately, but it is because I haven't had a lot of pictures of it before and only got to really spend a lot of time there recently.This pic is taken on the beach looking towards he point. The lighthouse can be seen in the centre … Continue reading Cape Recife beach →