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Sea Bamboo (Ecklonia maxima): South Africa's Giant Kelp

Sea bamboo is the towering hollow-stemmed kelp of South Africa's cold west coast. Biology, range, ecology and harvest of Ecklonia maxima, the Cape's forest builder.

Dr. Theo Nakamura · September 26, 2026

Sunlight filters through a towering sea bamboo kelp canopy onto surge channels between granite boulders off the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.

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Kelp Forests of South Africa: Where Two Oceans Grow One Forest

A guide to South Africa's kelp forests — towering sea bamboo in cold Benguela water, abalone farms, great white sharks, and an Atlantic-Pacific meeting of seas.

Naomi Reyes · June 18, 2026

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