History of Herolds Bay

Province: Western Cape
Garden route
Coordinates: 34°03′02″S 22°23′51″E
Area: 1.03 km2
Municipality – George

An NG congregation was established in George in 1812. The minister was Tobias Johannes Herold. He did pioneering work during his ministry. Herolds Bay commemorates his name. The vicar was a keen angler The beach resort of Herolds Bay was initially part of the farm Brakfontein, then property of Dirk Lamprecht and later of Frans Gericke. The area was first known as Sandstrand. In 1904 small plots of land were demarcated for tents and wagons. Building materials were delivered on sleds pulled by mules. The first holiday home in Herold’s Bay was built in 1895 for Matilda Howitson from Blanco. Before 1928, there was only one house on the west side of Sandstrand Street. The first permanent resident however was a survivor of a shipwreck in 1920 who made his home in a beachside cave for eight years.