Amanzimtoti, South Africa

Amanzimtoti, South Africa is a submarine cable landing point in South Africa (coordinates -30.0577°, 30.8804°). It serves 4 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in South Africa's international connectivity infrastructure.

Amanzimtoti, locally nicknamed Toti, and officially renamed to eManzimtoti, is a coastal town just south of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Situated along the Sapphire Coast, the town is well known for its warm climate and numerous beaches, and is a popular tourist destination, particularly with surfers. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Amanzimtoti, South Africa

Cables landing at Amanzimtoti, South Africa are operated by 11 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bayobab, China Mobile, Google, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Mauritius Telecom, Meta, Orange, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, WIOCC, and 1 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Amanzimtoti, South Africa, international traffic can reach 39 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Djibouti and 31 more.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 2 monitoring events on cables serving Amanzimtoti, South Africa in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Umoja (2027) — Umoja is a point-to-point submarine cable linking South Africa and Australia. Landing at Amanzimtoti, Mandurah, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• 2Africa (2024) — 2Africa is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 34 countries across West Africa, Middle East, Southern Africa. With 50 landing points — including Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Al Faw, Al Khobar, and 45 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• T3 (2023) — T3 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking South Africa and Mauritius. Landing at Amanzimtoti, Baie Jacotet, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Project Waterworth — Project Waterworth is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Southern Africa and South Asia and Oceania, with 9 landing points across 6 countries including Amanzimtoti, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, Chennai, India, Darwin, NT, Australia and others. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.