Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa is a submarine cable landing point in South Africa (coordinates -33.9191°, 18.4220°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in South Africa's international connectivity infrastructure.

Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's second-largest city by population, after Johannesburg, and the largest city in the Western Cape. The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Cape Town, South Africa, international traffic can reach 6 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Australia, Brazil, India, Malaysia, South Africa, United States. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Cape Town, South Africa in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• 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.