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Zeekoevlei

3 m10 ft
Tonight
16°CCloudy · Wind 6 km/h S

Zeekoevlei is a lake at 3 m above sea level in Western Cape, South Africa.

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Zeekoevlei 3D map

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Zeekoevlei terrain and contours

2 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Zeekoevlei elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Zeekoevlei weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 16°C (61°F) · Wind 6 km/h S

Zeekoevlei forecast for about 3 m.

  • Tonight16°–6 km/h S
  • Today15°18°–41 km/h S
  • Sun15°17°–53 km/h S
  • Mon16°19°–38 km/h SE
  • Tue15°22°–12 km/h W
  • Wed17°20°–22 km/h S
  • Thu18°21°–22 km/h SE
  • Fri18°21°2.1 mm33 km/h S
  • Sat17°19°1.3 mm31 km/h S
  • Sun16°17°–37 km/h SE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Zeekoevlei

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Zeekoevlei, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking0.5 km E
Parking0.7 km ENE
Parking0.7 km ENE
Zandvlei Caravan ParkCampsite5.7 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.1%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view
48 m low point 0 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 32.3%Grassland 20.3%Water 17.6%Cropland 12.8%Shrubland 7.3%Trees 7.2%Bare rock / sparse 2.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 1,626 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Western Leopard Toad1,227
  • Greater Flamingo752
  • Cape Shoveler688
  • African Sacred Ibis665
  • Cape Dwarf Chameleon638
  • Red-knobbed Coot621
Where it sits

Where Zeekoevlei sits

Region
Western Cape9South Africa23Africa69
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-10)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia