In the 50’s it was still a village with a few holiday shacks. Today Jeffreys Bay, also known as J-Bay, is one of the fastest growing towns in South Africa and becoming very popular amongst foreigners from all over the world because of its fine weather; beautiful setting; surroundings and good value for money in real estate.

Sun Sun Sun – All Year Round!
All our clients from Europe tells us how more than half of the European lifestyle is spend in cold weather; this is one of the main reasons for coming to Africa the other main reasons are the beautiful and diverse nature and the lifestyle.

Europeans seeking a quality lifestyle with year-round sunshine and warmth, this climate is for you.

South Africa is a combination of the African and European cultures. You can enjoy nearly all the luxuries of the European Lifestyle with sunshine all year round. The average temperature in Jeffreys Bay with its moderately temperate climate is 22 degree Celsius (71.6F). A better climate than Mediterranean because the winters are warmer, better than subtropical because its less humid.

The “moderately temperate” is very similar to the Mediterranean climate with the exception that our winters are not as cold and wet. Our climate is more moderate and the rainfall is more evenly spread between winter and summer.

We have all vegetation types in the world excluding desert and rain forest in the area. Here we have more than the big five of Africa we also have whales, dolphins and no malaria. Come and experience European luxury in African comfort. You will not look back.

Attractions
Jeffreys Bay is surrounded by a number of geographical; climatic and vegetation variants namely forests, fynbos, valley bushveld, semi-arid Karoo.

30 Minutes to the southwest is the forests of Tsitsikamma with rainfall of 2500mm annually, this is also one of the biggest dairy farm areas in South Africa. Adjacent to this, separated by a mountain range, lies one of the biggest deciduous fruit producing areas in the country – called the Langkloof where the mountain peaks are occasionally covered with snow in the winter.

30 Minutes north west lies the Gamtoos Valley one of the biggest citrus producing areas in the country.

In the same area is the Wilderness and mountainous terrain known as Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve is a nature lover’s dream.

40 Minutes north east lies the semi-arid Karoo region known for its sheep; goats and angoras. Game farms is becoming a very big industry in this area, hunters from all over the world come here for their trophy hunting.

Mozambique sea current – People who want to fish in the warm current for Marlin and other tropical fish, can travel 60-80 km into the deep-sea to fish in the warm Mozambique current.

There are various nature reserves; game reserves and coastal parks as well.

Sightseeing – never a dull moment for property owners and visitors
All these various activities makes this town ideal as a base for travelling; sightseeing; hiking and a multitude of activities from deep sea fishing; scuba diving; fishing; shell collecting; kite surfing; sand boarding; surfing; horse riding; bird watching; cycling; 4 x 4 trails; game watching & hunting.