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Vleesbaai Surf
Shore fishing spot
Vleesbaai's crescent beach faces west, giving it protection from the prevailing summer easterlies and making it a reliable back-up when other venues are blown out. The beach fishes best at the rocky corners: galjoen and blacktail in the winter washes, kob in the deeper gutters after dark, and steenbras on light tackle through the day.
The Fransmanshoek peninsula at the southern end offers deeper rock fishing for bream, zebra and the occasional musselcracker. Sand prawn and pink prawn baits do the light-tackle damage; fresh sardine and chokka for the kob.
Access is through the village (respect private property) and along the beach. It's quiet water — often you'll have a kilometre of beach to yourself, which is exactly the appeal.
🎣 Best fishing times today
Major & minor solunar periods from the moon's position. A guide, not a guarantee.
🐟 What's biting now
Cob (Kabeljou)
Red Roman
Galjoen
White Steenbras
Spotted Grunter
Cape Stumpnose
Blacktail
Musselcracker
In season around September on the Garden Route.
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Spot info
-34.2850, 21.9300
Public parking at main beach access
Short walk over dunes/boardwalk; check specific access point
Light offshore/westerly mornings; light SW cleans the water
Strong easterlies churn and discolour the surf
Two hours either side of high tide into the gutters
Sand with scattered gutters and banks
60-100 m casts reach the working gutter on most banks
🚫 Prohibited — DFFE (DAFF) bans the use of drones for fishing, deploying baits or spotting fish in South African waters.
Surf launch possible on calm days for experienced paddlers only
White mussel and sand prawn on some banks — permit + daily limits apply
Standard recreational angling permit required
Where it is
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