Registration for Pre-Arrival Notification
Data Privacy and POPI Act Compliance
By completing this form, you consent to the information provided being submitted to the relevant maritime authorities for the purpose of vessel clearance. This is in compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)
Entry procedures for South Africa
Registration
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT BOATS REGISTER THOUGH www.osasa.org.za AT LEAST 7 DAYS BEFORE ARRIVAL IN ORDER FOR YOUR DETAILS TO BE PROCESSED TIMEOUSLY FOR ENTRY.
Entry To South Africa From Offshore and/or a Foreign Country
All yachts, whether foreign registered or local south African registered, must submit a pre-arrival authorisation request to the Department of Transport, before arrival, for authorisation to enter South African waters from offshore, as per SAMSA notice MN4-22. This is done by completing the information requested at www.osasa.org.za.
Please read the information provided for each Port of Entry, which gives relevant contact details and pertinent docking, entry and departure requirements for each port.
OSASA requires this information at least 7 days before your arrival. Please complete this before you leave your last port of call. This information is forwarded to DoT for authorisation, who disseminate the authorisation to all Ports of Entry.
Failure to register your PAN will mean the port authorities will not have received DoT authorisation for you to enter and they then have the right to refuse your entry until you comply.
OSASA manages this process voluntarily on behalf of DoT in order to preserve self-regulation. Avoiding compliance could rebound on us all; the Government wants to monitor yacht movements and at present we are able to keep the bureaucracy to a minimum. See SAMSA Directive MN4-22
Ports Of Entry/Departure
The following ports are the only official Ports of Entry at which leisure vessels may enter or depart from South Africa. Procedures may be slightly different at each port, so please check the information on the website at SA Ports of Entry.
Note that once a vessel has been cleared out for departure from South Africa, it may not call at any other South African port without completing formal arrival procedures once again.
• Port of Durban
• Port of East London
• Port of Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha
• Port of Mossel Bay
• Port of Cape Town
• Port of Saldanha Bay
Visas and vaccinations
Have you checked your visa and vaccination status for South Africa? It is very important that you have the correct visa before you arrive in South Africa.