Lighthouses and Navigational Systems
Green Point Lighthouse • 100 Beach Road • Mouille Point, Cape Town 8005 • South Africa
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Tel: +27 449 5171 • Fax: +27 21 449 3663
LOCATION Latitude 33˚ 54’ 1”S, Longitude 18˚ 24’ 0”E
Lighthouse and Navigational Systems (LNS) is a business unit of the Transnet National Ports Authority. It falls within the Chief Harbour
Master’s portfolio and is mandated by the National Ports Act to provide, operate and maintain lighthouses and other Aids to Navigation
(AtoNs) along the 2 954 km coastline of South Africa.
LNS is a national member of the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA-AISM), a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political association concerned with the provision of Marine Aids to Navigation systems and allied activities at sea and on inland waterways. The senior manager of LNS, who represents South Africa at IALA, is the current president of the 225-member internationalorganisation having been elected to this position at the 17th International Conference in Cape Town in March 2012. This appointment will last four years, until 2014, when the association holds it 18th international conference in La Coruna, Spain.
LNS Head Office is situated in Mouille Point, Cape Town. Workshops are located along the coast at Port Nolloth, Saldanha, Cape Town,
Port Elizabeth, Durban and Richards Bay. We also have a staff presence at some of the 45 lighthouses on our coastline, from Port
Nolloth on the West Coast to Jesser point (Sodwana Bay) on the East Coast.
Service Offerings
AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) NETWORK
This coast wide network of AIS base stations provides real-time information about vessels calling at South Africa’s
eight commercial ports, as well as vessels travelling along our coastline.
VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES (VTS) SYSTEM
Our eight commercial ports all make use of VTS, to keep track of vessel movements and provide navigational safety
within port limits. Radar data is used in conjunction with AIS data to do this. LNS is tasked with overseeing VTS at all
eight ports.
PORT AIDS TO NAVIGATION
In addition to VTS, LNS also provides an Aids to Navigation service to Ports by installing, commissioning and
maintaining, buoys, quay lights, breakwater lights, leading lights, sector lights and fog signals.
SOUTH AFRICA’S LIGHTHOUSES
Lighthouses |
Nearest Town |
Region |
Manned |
Open to the public |
1 |
Port Nolloth |
Port Nolloth |
Northen Cape |
Yes |
No |
2 |
Hondeklipbaai |
Hondeklipbaai |
Northen Cape |
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3 |
Groenriviermond |
Garies |
Western Cape |
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4 |
Doring Bay |
Doring Bay |
Western Cape |
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5 |
Cape St Martin |
St Helena |
Western Cape |
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6 |
Cape Columbine |
Paternoster |
Western Cape |
Yes |
Yes |
7 |
North Head |
Saldanha |
Western Cape |
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8 |
South Head |
Saldanha |
Western Cape |
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9 |
Dassen Island |
Yzerforntein |
Western Cape |
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10 |
Robben Island |
Cape Town |
Western Cape |
Yes |
No |
11 |
Milnerton |
Milnerton |
Western Cape |
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12 |
Green Point (Cape) |
Mouille Point |
Western Cape |
Yes |
Yes |
13 |
Slangkoppunt |
Kommetjie |
Western Cape |
Yes |
Yes |
14 |
Cape Point |
Cape Point |
Western Cape |
Yes |
No |
15 |
Roman Rocks |
Simonstown |
Western Cape |
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16 |
Cape Hangklip |
Pringle Bay |
Western Cape |
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17 |
Danger Point |
Gansbaai |
Western Cape |
Yes |
Yes |
18 |
Quoin Point |
Gansbaai |
Western Cape |
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19 |
Cape Agulhas |
L'Agulhas |
Western Cape |
Yes |
Yes |
20 |
Cape Infanta |
Infanta-On -River |
Western Cape |
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21 |
Ystervarkpunt |
Gouritsmond |
Western Cape |
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22 |
Cape St Blaize |
Mossel Bay |
Western Cape |
Yes |
Yes |
23 |
Cape Seal |
Plettenberg Bay |
Western Cape |
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24 |
Seal Point (Cape St. Francis) |
Cape St Francis |
Eastern Cape |
Yes |
No |
25 |
Cape Recife |
Port Elizabeth |
Eastern Cape |
Yes |
No |
26 |
Deal |
Port Elizabeth |
Eastern Cape |
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27 |
Bird Island |
Alexandria |
Eastern Cape |
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28 |
Great Fish Point |
Port Alfred |
Eastern Cape |
Yes |
Yes |
29 |
Hood Point |
East London |
Eastern Cape |
Yes |
Yes |
30 |
Cape Morgan |
Morgan's Bay |
Eastern Cape |
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31 |
M'Bashe Point |
Idutshwu |
Eastern Cape |
Yes |
No |
32 |
Cape Hermes |
Port St Johns |
Eastern Cape |
Yes |
No |
33 |
South Sand Bluff |
Lusikisiki |
Eastern Cape |
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34 |
North Sand bluff |
Port Edward |
KwaZulu Natal |
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35 |
Port Shepstone |
Port Shepstone |
KwaZulu Natal |
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36 |
Green Point (Natal) |
Scottburgh |
KwaZulu Natal |
Yes |
No |
37 |
Ifafa Beach |
Ifafa Beach |
KwaZulu Natal |
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38 |
Cooper |
Durban (on Bluff) |
KwaZulu Natal |
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39 |
Umhlanga Rocks |
Umhlanga |
KwaZulu Natal |
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40 |
Tugela |
Tugela |
KwaZulu Natal |
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41 |
Durnford |
Richards Bay |
KwaZulu Natal |
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42 |
Richards Bay |
Richard's Bay |
KwaZulu Natal |
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43 |
Cape St Lucia |
Kwa Mbonambi |
KwaZulu Natal |
Yes |
No |
44 |
Cape Vidal |
St Lucia |
KwaZulu Natal |
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45 |
Jesser Point |
Sodwana |
KwaZulu Natal |
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