Life Between the Dunes and the Ocean
The waves of the rough Atlantic ocean and its visitors on the beach
It might not be the prettiest beach or coastline in the world. Or let’s say, for a fact it isn’t. But you take what you get. And that’s not always tropical beaches with crystal clear water and white sand beaches.
Sometimes it’s the rough Atlantic Ocean and a coast that made its name for countless shipwrecks stuck in the sand. The Skeleton Coast. Only for real adventurers.
The Skeleton Coast stretches from the Angolan border at the delta of the Kunene River mouth up to the Swakop River. An endless coastline of nothing but harsh living conditions.
Some refer to the entire coast of the Namib desert as the Skeleton Coast. Reasons for it are enough to be found in countless shipwrecks. Shipwrecks that are stuck in the beach, dunes, or the rocks of the ocean.
The coast is made of mainly soft sand, high dunes, and soft rocky areas. Due to the cold Benguela current coming up from the Antarctic the coastline is covered in fog for most days of the year. Making it until today difficult to pass for sailors causing…
