The SuperMoon in Stilbaai makes for everyone to grab their cameras.
André van Schalkwyk has captured the moon in Stilbaai on various occasions with this special image taken on Monday, 3 July 2023.
Don’t let the cold winter days – and nights – keep you from getting out. Experience the beauty of Stilbaai and make memories!
We love to share awesome photos and #MyStilbaai really love this spectacular photo of a wave breaking at the rocks in Stilbaai.
Local photographer, Richard Webb, captured this image perfectly.
When you look at the colourful beach houses – from a different angle and at the right time and place…
Then the little town of Stilbaai can look like a big city!
Photo by Sandy Marwick
In the meantime – happening in the Stilbaai area:
27 January 2022: An amazing cloud formation as captured by local resident, Manfred Vietze.
This formation is apparently called Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds that are formed when two winds are blowing at different speeds.
According to a comment on his post, it is known as a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability or wave that are sometimes called billow clouds. It is now officially known as Fluctus by the WMO, as the original name was too difficult to pronounce, let alone remember!!
It is formed in exactly the same way that waves break on a beach. The upper air mass moves quicker than the base of the cloud, creating the breaking wave look.
Just as a water mass slows down at the base as it nears the shore and the top of the water mass continues on without slowing, and pulls up into a breaking wave.
January 2022 – Image by Manfred Vietze
Sandy Marwick, blogging on Instagram as westcoastwisperer, took this amazing photo of the Goukou River mouth during Spring Tide during the first week of December 2021. The little monument in the sea at the West Beach was open and the ancient fish traps can be seen quite clearly.
Sandy Marwick
Local Stilbaai photographer, Richard Webb, regularly visit the harbour for photo opportunities. He was quite surprised when he looked at his photos and noticed the ‘dancing waves’ – can you see this ‘couple’ dancing?
View more of Richard Webb’s photos HERE.
