Gansbaai

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Gansbaai
Danger Point lighthouse near Gansbaai
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Coordinates: 34°34′58″S 19°21′8″E / 34.58278°S 19.35222°E / -34.58278; 19.35222
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Overberg
Municipality	Overstrand
Area [1]
• Total	12.44 km2 (4.80 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	11,598
• Density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	45.2%
• Coloured	29.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	24.5%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	53.2%
• Xhosa	39.8%
• English	3.5%
• Sotho	1.6%
• Other	1.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7220
PO box	7220
Area code	028

Gansbaai (Dutch/Afrikaans for "bay of geese," sometimes referred to as Gans Bay or Gangs Bay) is a fishing town and popular tourist destination in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. It is known for its dense population of great white sharks and as a whale-watching location.

The main tourist attraction in Gansbaai since approximately 1995 has been cage diving with great white sharks. It is said ^[who?] that after Kruger National Park, the great white sharks attract some of the highest numbers of tourists to South Africa for any single activity.