Tableandtide

Tableandtide

Overberg, Overstrand and Over Here. Celebrating Fynbos and Coastal lifestyle. Fishing, Food, Travel, Beach Life, Fynbos and the Great Outdoors. Table and Tide publishes stories, videos and pictures about the joy of living on a stretch of the landscape that flows like rich orange treacle into the ocean when the sun sets. As the sun rises, life explodes into action, birds swoop, bright yellow rays of light flash across the fynbos strewn slopes of the mountains like Maanschyn and Perdeberg, De Mond se Kop, KleinRivier, Phillipskop, and Baviaanspoort. The dappled light flashes on the ocean, along Walker Bay, De Kelders, Struisbaai, Cape Agulhas. The list of beaches will reduce any oceanophile to tears, Stanford's Bay, Pearly Beach, Hawston, Grotto, Voelklip, Langbaai, Onrus, Kammabaai, Castle Beach, Franskraal, Suiderstrand, Blousloep, Die Plaat. Fishing Over Here has reduced grownups to tears of happiness.

Great White House Hosts Sea Turtle Rescue Team Ahead of Stranding Season

As turtle stranding season approaches, conservationists from the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation visited Kleinbaai to equip locals with life-saving knowledge. From understanding how hatchlings drift in the Agulhas Current to knowing why you should never put a stranded turtle back in the sea, the rescue team shared practical advice and powerful stories from their rehabilitation centre. With plastic and fishing nets among the biggest threats — and only one in 1,000 turtles reaching adulthood — community action along the Overberg coast could make all the difference this winter.

Standing Fast in Hermanus

On a clear February morning at the Hermanus Cenotaph, young cadets stand in formation to honour two naval tragedies — the sinking of the SS Mendi in 1917 and the SAS President Kruger in 1982. Led by Lieutenant Noel Dreyer, himself a survivor of the President Kruger, TS Birkenhead Sea Cadets turn remembrance into responsibility.

Perlemoen in Hermanus for Abalone and Harbour Side Seafood

Set above the Old Harbour on Marine Drive, Perlemoen pairs classic seafood with one of Hermanus’s most evocative views. Overlooking Walker Bay, where fishing boats drift and the light shifts across the water, this long-standing favourite offers an intimate, easy atmosphere that feels both relaxed and quietly special — the kind of place where the view is part of the meal.

Pearly Beach Walks for Friends with Cancer

More than 350 walkers gathered at Pearly Beach for the annual Walks for Friends with Cancer — a moving coastal journey that combined breathtaking Blue Flag views, heartfelt tributes and tangible support for local cancer organisations.