Britannia Bay Property
We have a wide range of Property for sale in Britannia Bay, from vacant land to beautiful beach houses. Take a look at our available properties here: http://www.capewestcoastproperties.co.za/property-for-sale/ or use the search bar on the left.
One of the great things about Britannia Bay Properties is that it has a many permanent residents, so your holiday home is always taken care of and a great place if you were to retire or live there permanently.
Other popular property areas around Britannia Bay include:
Duyker Eiland Property
We have a wide range of Property for sale in Duyker Eiland, from vacant land to beautiful beach houses. Take a look at our available properties here: http://www.capewestcoastproperties.co.za/property-for-sale/ or use the search bar on the left.
Cape St. Martin Private Reserve Property
We have a wide range of Property for sale in Cape St Martin Reserve, from vacant land to beautiful beach houses. Take a look at our available properties here: http://www.capewestcoastproperties.co.za/property-for-sale/ or use the search bar on the left.
West Coast Weather
The West Coast is known for its mild winters with little rainfall and dry summers.
Being a peninsula with sea around us, we have a very mild climate. Our windy months are normally mid November to February and the latter also the hottest month of the year with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius.
Average yearly rainfall = 230mm
Average temperatures – WINTER = between 4 to 25 degrees Celsius (ave 17)
Average Temperatures – SUMMER = between 12 to 34 degrees Celsius (ave 28)
History of Britannia Bay
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On 30 July 1826 the Britannia – a 460 ton ship captained by William Bouchier, embarked on her journey from England via the Cape of Storms enroute to India. Her cargo consisted of copper, stone china crockery, pickled fish, cloth, preserves, ale and cognac, as well as wine loaded in Madeira on the 12th August.
In heavy seas on Sunday the 22nd October 1826 she struck an uncharted reef (today known as Britannia reef), off St. Helena Bay. Captain Bouchier succeeded in running her ashore, landing all 16 passengers safely on the stretch of beach today known as Britannia Bay.
A local farmer, Martin Melck, purchased the wreck, from which he salvaged a considerable quantity of cargo, including sheet copper and wines. For more than a century her valuable treasure laid buried under 4 metres of sand on the bottom of the ocean, not 600 metres from the shore near Shelly Point. The well preserved wreck was rediscovered in January 1998 by Charles and Karen Shapiro with the help of Anton Kriel and Anet McLeod of Britannia Bay.
Artefacts recovered from the wreck, under supervision of the National Monuments council, range from full bottles of wine and ale, various stoneware jars containing jellies and jams to valuable porcelain crockery dating from 1804 and 1820 and lead crystal glassware. http://www.shipwreck.co.za/britannia.html
A second shipwreck, the 12 000 ton Liberian freighter “Sea Trader” that ran aground in June 1971 lies off Cape St. Martin, the most western point of Britannia Bay. En route from the East to Holland with a cargo of reinforced steel, the Sea Trader, fell prey to the dreary grey sea mist and sank. Most of the wreck was salvaged through the years, with only the engine block remaining (visible at low-tide). The local fisherman often frequent the site they refer to as “Pistons” where they try their handlines catching some local bream.
