PETER CHADWICK - African Conservation Photography

Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area lies off the small southern KwaZulu Natal town of Umkomas in South Africa.

Amathole Marine Protected Area comprises of three different sections and lies within the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Bettys Bay Marine Protected Area is managed by CapeNature and lies adjacent to the Fogelberg Biosphere in the Western Cape of South Africa.

Bird Island lies in Algoa Bay, South Africa. It is home to the most important African Penguin and Cape Gannet breeding colony in South Africa.

De Hoop Marine Protected Area is one of the largest and most important marine protected areas in South Africa. It is a no-take area that protected biodiversity of the Agulhas region

Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area lies within the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Goukamma Nature Reserve and Marine Protected Area lies 12kms to the west of Knysna in the southern Cape of South Africa. It comprises of both a marine and terrestrial reserve that also has an estuary running through it.

Hluleka Marine Protected Area lies within the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

The iSimangaliso Marine Protected Areas run from the Mozambique border south to St Lucia and Mapelane in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

The West Coast National Park, managed by the South African National Parks surrounds the RAMSAR site of Langebaan Lagoon and also includes a number of important seabird breeding islands.

Offshore Marine Protected Areas are important to numerous pelagic species of fish and act as important feeding grounds for pelagic birds.

Pondoland Marine Protected Area lies within the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Robberg Marine Protected Area surrounds a long peninsula adjacent to the town of Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape of South Africa

Stillbay Marine Protected Area lies in the southern Cape and also includes the Goukou River and estuary

Table Mountain National Park and Marine Protected Area lies adjacent to the city of Cape Town

Trfalgar Marine Protected Area lies on the coastline of southern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area is South Africa's and Africa's oldest MPA, established in 1964. It lies within the Garden Route National Park in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape of South Africa.