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Section sizes Section size for False Bay (39 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 3,445 3,445 Description and location 3,176 39,140 Coastal landmarks 14,624 14,624 Bottom morphology 3,921 3,921 Bathymetry 1,323 1,323 Geology 1,980 1,980 Waves, tides, water circulation and temperature 7,868 7,868 Rivers and drainage 5,628 5,628 Water quality 620 620 History 3,152 9,998 Shipwrecks 6,846 6,846 Climate 597 3,397 Winds 2,800 2,800 Ecology and marine life 1,844 9,096 Reef ecosystems 811 811 Habitat types 631 631 Fauna 1,064 1,064 Seaweeds 1,106 1,106 Algal blooms 817 817 Marine protected areas 2,823 2,823 Economic value 787 23,408 Navigation 606 606 Other slipways 373 373 Jetties for public use 882 882 Extractive exploitation of resources 5,672 5,672 Recreational pursuits and tourism 3,075 15,088 Beaches 102 102 Surfing 2,208 2,208 Recreational scuba diving 948 8,787 Named dive sites 7,839 7,839 Shark and whale watching 916 916 Naval base at Simon's Town 999 999 Rescue services 236 236 Development and human impact 2,235 2,235 Climate change 741 741 Research 1,078 1,078 See also 252 252 References 28,414 28,414 External links 490 490 Total 122,929 122,929

Coming from the East, seeing Cape Hangklip and mistaking it for the Cape of Good Hope, I turn North, imagining I'm following the Western coast of Africa; soon enough I'll discover I had been confused and I'm in a mere bay and not out on the open ocean.

Good names might have been —

• Bay of Confusion
• Bay of Mistake
• Bay of False Ocean

Too bad this somehow became "False Bay".

Haim Berman ( talk) 09:54, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply

Why is the top-left of this photograph the South-East and not the North-West?

It is very easy to rotate the photograph before uploading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.77.77.249 ( talk) 00:25, 1 December 2010 (UTC) reply

I agree; I am just wondering whether to bother. JonRichfield ( talk) 15:42, 19 February 2013 (UTC) reply

Easy enough to replace it with an image providing better detail and less confusion. I have done so. -- NJR_ZA ( talk) 16:19, 19 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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Always room for improvement, but looks OK to me for B. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 09:15, 30 August 2019 (UTC) reply