Data Zone
Country/territory: South Africa
IBA criteria met: A1 (1998)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 40 hectares (0.40 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2013 | good | high | high |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site summary
Boulders Bay is situated in Simon's Town, on the False Bay coast of the Cape Peninsula, 35 km south of Cape Town. The site consists of small beaches holding sandstone boulders and thickets of strandveld vegetation extending approximately 2 ha. African Penguins Spheniscus demersus breed here.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Boulders Beach (South Africa). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/boulders-beach-iba-south-africa on 23/12/2024.