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Morgan Bay | East London
Clee Roy on Footsie in 1985. Photo thanks to Andrew Forsyth collection.
Allen Luck opening Moses on the lower sea ledge ~ 2001
Alan Briers aka Bra Briers on One White Duck (21) - Aug 1985. Photo thanks to Andrew Forsyth collection.
Derek Marshall & Allen Luck ~ 2001
Pixie chalking her feet in Clee Roy's chalk bag, 1985. Photo thanks to Andrew Forsyth collection.
Sunrise at Morgan Bay
Ruben Snyman on an FA on the 5th Headland 2017
Derek Marshall on an FA on the 5th Headland 2016
Rock Climbing at Morgan Bay William Lesely ~ 2008
Garvin Jacobs climbing Radio Free Moscow (20) at Morgan Bay ~ 2008
Pat Brown climbing on the wave cut platforms 2016
Derek Marshall opening a new route on the 5th Headland 2016
Sea, salt climbing! Pat Brown 2016
Moritz Fritz, climber at Land's End on the 2nd Headland
Pat Brown, sea, rock & climbing 2016
Ashton Dingle & Garvin Jacobs.
Topping out at Morgans 2016
Derek Marshall on an FA on the 2nd HL 2016
Moritz enjoying some trad 2017
Morgan Bay cliff top.
Tyson Baars leading Jump Start 2017
Snort (Charles Edlstein) on the Carnival is Over free-stander 2017
Dale Gathercole leading Airs Above Ground 2017
Morgan Bay cliff top.
Ashton on Rabbit Killer (20) on the 4th HL 2017
Climbing at Morgan Bay near East London
Snort on Carnival is Over (18) 2017
Tyson Baars loving Jump Start (19) 2017
Blockhead, climbing in Morgan Bay
Rock climbing at Morgan Bay
Sea stacks at Morgan Bay
Climbers at Morgan Bay ~ 2001
View from the climbing
Derek Marshall climbing Radio Free Moscow in about 1999
Climbers at Morgan Bay, Derek left & Dirk right 2016
Sunrise of God, Morgan Bay
Sunrise at Double Mouth
Sea cliff climbing at Morgan Bay, The Tusk on the 5th
Clive Curson on Full Value (22), SA Climbers Club Morgans Bay National Meet, Easter 1989
Ian Hatton belaying in the early days of Morgan Bay Climbing 1997
Suben Snyman topping out on a new route 2017
Juan-Dray Marshall 2017
Noodles belaying with his tractor driver's hat ~ 2003
Ruben abseiling into Whale Bone 2017
Climbers at Morgan Bay ~ 2001
Rained out in Morgans, Morne Van Der Mescht ~ 2001. Photo thanks to Martin Rehm.
Moritz on the 2nd Head Land 2017
Linda Waldman on Linear Accelerator (17), SA Climbers Club Morgans Bay National Meet, Easter 1989
Derek Marshall, early days climbing at Morgan Bay ~ 1997
Craig Bester & Derek Marshall freeing a crack on the 1st headland ~ 2003
Derek Marshall & the rabbit killer early days at Morgans ~ 2003
Ian Hatton climbing at Morgans ~1998
Derek Marshall & Ian Hatton climbing at The Tusk, Morgan Bay ~1998
Ian Hatton climbing at Jump Start, Morgan Bay ~ 1998
Derek Marshall early days at Morgans ~ 1996
Allen Luck opening a route at Morgan Bay ~ 2003
Derek Marshall on Life & Life to the Full (25) ~ 2003
Steven Reed sending Block Head (18) ~1999
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Allen Luck opening a route at Morgan Bay ~ 2003
Allen Luck opening a route at Morgan Bay ~ 2003
Allen Luck opening a route at Morgan Bay ~ 2003
Derek Marshall early days at Morgans ~ 1996
Kendyl Kunhardt, Morgan Bay ~ 2001
Noodles, happy days at Morgans ~2003
Derek Marshall early days at Morgans ~ 1996
Climbers at Morgan Bay ~ 2001
Steven Reed abseiling into The Linear Ledge, early days at Morgans ~ 1998
Derek Marshall early days at Morgans ~ 1996
School group from Greenfields Primary, climbing at Morgan Bay. The adult belaying is Neil Briers, brother of Alan Briers. ~ 1998
Camping at Double Mouth, (L to R) Derek Marshall, Linda Hayes & Allen Luck with a packet over his head. ~ 2001
Derek Marshall early days at Morgans ~ 1996
Bouldering at the Black Rock boulder ~ 2001
Sunset at Morgans
Climbing party at Morgans ~ 2002
Frankie Jacobs at Morgan Bay 2002
Craig Bester climbing at Ticket to Ride ~ 2003. Photo courtesy of Craig Bester collection.
Derek Marshall working Life & Life to the Full (25) at Morgan Bay ~ 2001
Derek Marshall climbing Day Tripper (15) on the Ticket to Ride wall at Morgan Bay. ~ 2001
Craig Bester climbing at Ticket to Ride ~ 2003. Photo courtesy of Craig Bester collection.
Rained out in Morgans again, Derek Marshall early trips to Morgan Bay ~ 2001. Photo thanks to Martin Rehm.
Morgan Bay | East London
Rock climbing at Morgan Bay is on vertical dolerite crags set above the sea. There are 637 naturally protected climbing routes, 7 sport lines & a few boulder problems. Morgan Bay is the largest established sea cliff climbing area in South Africa.
Morgan Bay has all year round rock climbing. Winter has low rain fall & is very mild. In summer Morgans is hot, but there are shaded crags & the sea breeze cools everything to acceptable levels. Morgan Bay gets more rain in summer, but the crags dry very quickly. Best possible conditions are: westerly berg wind with equinox low tide. When all these conditions are in a line…it’s time to get down to sea level stuff.
There is plenty for the famliy to do while you are climbing at Morgan bay. Stunning beaches, surfing, fishing, fantastic resuturants & good hotels make Morgan Bay a great place to combine climbing & family.
Access
Totally unrestricted. This is district council land under the control of Nature Conservation.
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