48 crossings between 6 ports, run by 20 operators, serving 16 cities. The busiest city is Johannesburg with 283 destinations, and the busiest port is Cape Town with 29 crossings. 22 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.
16 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.
Showing the 12 widest-reaching of 16. Every city →
Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 3.6× the second.
20 operators appear in South Africa crossings.
40 of 48 crossings carry a time.
All 48 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.
Our records for South Africa ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.
If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.