{{other uses|Walker Bay (disambiguation)}} {{Use South African English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox body of water | name= Walker Bay | native_name = {{native name|af|Walkerbaai}} |native_name_lang= | image = Coastline of Walker Bay (South Africa).jpg | caption = Coastline of Walker Bay with<br />Klein river lagoon | pushpin_map = South Africa | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_caption= Location in South Africa | coords= {{coord|34|30|S|19|20|E|type:waterbody_scale:2000000|display=inline,title}} | rivers= [[Klein river]] | oceans=[[Southern Atlantic Ocean]] | countries= South Africa | length = | width = | area= | frozen= | islands= | cities= [[Hermanus]] }} '''Walker Bay''' is a large [[bay]] located in the south-western [[Western Cape]] province of South Africa. It is the next major bay between [[False Bay]] near [[Cape Town]] and [[Cape Agulhas]] to the south-east. The bay is famous for having some of the best land based whale-watching in the world, which a town on its shores, [[Hermanus]], has become famous for. [[Southern right whales]] visit the bay in the winter and spring months.
[[Gansbaai]] on the shores of the bay has also become very famous for [[Great white shark]] diving.
The shores adjacent to the bay are protected as part of the [[Walker Bay Nature Reserve]], and the bay itself is a [[marine protected area]] in which most boating and fishing activity is prohibited. [[File:Cage diving, Gansbaai (South Africa).jpg|thumb|center|Cage diving at Gansbaai]]
== Wine ==
An up-and-coming South African wine region with a cooler climate than most. This allows for good [[Pinot noir]] and [[Chardonnay]] with top estates in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley.<ref>[http://www.the-wine-library.co.uk/U-Z/W/W.html The-Wine-Library] Short Description of wine in Walker Bay</ref>
==See also== *[[List of bays of South Africa]]
==References== {{reflist|2}}
{{List of African seas}}
[[Category:Landforms of the Western Cape]] [[Category:Bays of South Africa]]