Melkbosstrand, South Africa

Melkbosstrand, South Africa is a submarine cable landing point in South Africa (coordinates -33.7272°, 18.4458°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in South Africa's international connectivity infrastructure.

Melkbosstrand is a coastal town located on the South West Coast of South Africa, 30 km north of Cape Town. It forms part of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, the municipality governing Cape Town and its greater metropolitan area. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Melkbosstrand, South Africa

Cables landing at Melkbosstrand, South Africa are operated by 36 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Altice Portugal, Angola Telecom, BICS, BT, Camtel, China Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom, Cogent, Cyta, and 26 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 Melkbosstrand, South Africa, international traffic can reach 18 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, India and 10 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Melkbosstrand, 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

• Equiano (2023) — Equiano is Google's privately-funded submarine cable system connecting Europe and Africa. Activated in stages between 2022 and 2023, it runs roughly 15,000 km from Sesimbra in Portugal down the entire west coast of Africa to Melkbosstrand near Cape Town, with branch landings at Lagos (Nigeria), Lomé (Togo), Swakopmund (Namibia), and the remote British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena. Read more →
• SAFE (2002) — SAFE is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting East Africa and South Asia and Southern Africa, with 6 landing points across 5 countries including Baie Jacotet, Mauritius, Kochi, India, Melkbosstrand, South Africa, Mtunzini, South Africa and others. Read more →
• SAT-3/WASC (2002) — SAT-3/WASC is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting West Africa and Europe and Southern Africa, with 12 landing points across 11 countries including Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Accra, Ghana, Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain, Cacuaco, Angola and others. Read more →

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