Mazeppa Bay is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.It is famous for fishing trips hosted by Owen Richter “wild coast angling” and frequented by the 6 legends Leon Roos Gerhard Vanrensburg Willie Hattingh Johan Grobbelaar Deon Scholtz and Roos’s 2nd best friend the legendary J J Rossouw.
Mazeppa Bay is a holiday resort on the Wild Coast, 175 km north-east of East London.
The name Mazeppa comes from the schooner Mazeppa, which took the surviving Voortrekkers of Louis Trichardt's party from Delagoa Bay to Port Natal in 1839.
[2] The schooner in turn was named after the Ukrainian patriot Ivan Mazeppa (1639–1709).
[3] Mazeppa Bay is known for its fishing and was featured in episode three of the first season of Extreme Fishing with Robson Green.