Shipwrecks of Cape Town

The Shipwrecks of Cape Town are the shipwrecks in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of Cape Town, South Africa. They include any wreck that is in the waters off the shores of the City of Cape Town metropolitan area. The geographical area extends from Silwerstroomstrand north of Robben Island, Table Bay, around the Cape Peninsula and False Bay to the vicinity of Kogel Bay on the east side of False Bay. Several of these wrecks are suitable sites for recreational scuba diving, and may be described in dive guides for the region. Others are inaccessible due to depth or being on the shore, or buried under sediments or landfill, and some have not yet been found or identified.

Some of the wrecks are classified as historically important and are legally protected as part of the national heritage.

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