Kassiesbaai 2

There was contact between the Khoisan nomads and the survivors of shipwrecks, from the 16th century onwards. The more recent history of Kassiesbaai goes back some 160 years to a more stable developed community of fishermen comprising indigenous Khoekhoe, freed and escaped slaves, survivors of shipwrecks, sailors who had jumped ship, and former servants of colonial pioneers.

In 1922, Arniston / Waenhuiskrans was finally established as a town and in 1932 the Fishermen’s Union was founded to manage the fishing village of Kassiesbaai. The now established community has prospered and continued their humble lifestyle in the traditional ways of their forefathers.