Kommetjie

Kommetjie
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Coordinates: 34°08′25″S 18°19′45″E / 34.14028°S 18.32917°E / -34.14028; 18.32917
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Kommetjie
Area [1]
• Total	2.56 km2 (0.99 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,435
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	2.7%
• Coloured	3.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	92.0%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	86.5%
• Afrikaans	10.3%
• Other	3.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7976
PO box	7976

Kommetjie (Afrikaans for "small basin," approximately pronounced caw-me-key) is a small town near Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It lies about halfway down the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, at the southern end of the long wide beach that runs northwards towards Chapman's Peak and Noordhoek. The community of Ocean View is located to its immediate south east.

It was founded in 1902 when a consortium of businessmen developed the area as a residential suburb of Cape Town.^[2] The town was modernised in the 1960s when electricity and municipal running water was installed.^[2]

The area is a popular spot for surfing, since powerful waves from the Atlantic Ocean rise up over rocky reefs formed by hard sandstones of the Table Mountain Group. Wherever the bottom is rocky, the shallower waters are thick with giant kelp forests. Kommetjie is famous for its excellent crayfishing although changes in fishing quotas which have drastically reduced the daily catch allowed.