Cape Jaffa is a locality in the Australian state of
South Australia located on the headland of
Cape Jaffa on the state's south east coastline overlooking the body of water known in
Australia as the
Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the
Great Australian Bight. It located about 245 kilometres (152 miles) south south-east of the state capital of
Adelaide and about 19 kilometres (12 miles) south west of the town centre of
Kingston SE.[1][4][8][9]
The locality includes a
settlement located on the north side of the headland overlooking
Lacepede Bay which is also known as Cape Jaffa. The settlement includes a jetty and a marina. The locality includes part of the
Bernouilli Conservation Reserve.[1][4][10][11][12][13] The Marina (known as Cape Jaffa Anchorage) received development approval in January 2006.[14] The plans allow for several stages of development. At least the first stage exists,[15] and the marina is considered to still be "under construction" in 2018.[16]
The
2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Cape Jaffa had a population of 54 people.[2]
^South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Chart 6,
ISBN978-0-7243-7603-2