Cape St. Francis

{{About|the town in South Africa|the headland in Newfoundland|Cape St. Francis (Newfoundland and Labrador)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Use South African English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Cape St. Francis | image_skyline = Cape_St_Francis-001.jpg | image_caption = View of Cape St. Francis from the [[Seal Point Lighthouse]] | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|34|11|49|S|24|50|17|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Eastern Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[Sarah Baartman District Municipality|Sarah Baartman]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Kouga Local Municipality|Kouga]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/268013 |title = Main Place Cape St. Francis |work=Census 2011}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 4.38 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 342 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 3.5% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 1.8% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 94.7% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 =  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = [[South African English|English]] | demographics2_info1 = 55.6% | demographics2_title2 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_info2 = 42.1% | demographics2_title3 = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] | demographics2_info3 = 1.8% | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 0.6%   | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] }} '''Cape St. Francis''' ({{langx|af|Kaap St Francis}}) is a village in [[South Africa]], situated on a [[headland]] in the [[Eastern Cape Province]]. It is popular for its clean beaches and as a [[surfing]] location.

The village is home to the [[Seal Point Lighthouse]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.penguin-rescue.org.za/ |title=Home |website=penguin-rescue.org.za}}</ref>

The Irma Booysen Floral Reserve is home to many species of flowers and plants.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}

Cape St. Francis is now known as one of the best surfing locations. Given its geological location, it is susceptible to swell year round from large low pressure systems that form between Antarctica and the southern tip of Africa.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}

It is also featured in the 1966 surf documentary film 'The Endless Summer' and the 2014 film [[The Perfect Wave]], starring [[Scott Eastwood]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}

[[Bartolomeu Dias]] originally named the cape Ponta das Queimadas because of the fires he spotted there while sailing past.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historical plant incidence in southern Africa|url=https://www.sanbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/strelitzia-24-2009.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130060134/https://www.sanbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/strelitzia-24-2009.pdf |archive-date=30 January 2020 }}</ref>

== See also == * [[St. Francis Bay]] * [[Venpet–Venoil collision]]

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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080805091406/http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,174106,00.html Proposed E Cape nuclear plant met with resistance]

[[Category:Surfing locations in South Africa]] [[Category:Populated coastal places in South Africa]] [[Category:Populated places in the Kouga Local Municipality]]