The Cape Morgan Lighthouse is one of the youngest lighthouses on South Africa’s coastline and has become an iconic landmark overlooking Morgan Bay (Gxarha) and the Wild Coast.

The lighthouse was constructed on Cape Morgan, a prominent headland approximately 3 km west of the Great Kei River mouth. It was first illuminated on 5 February 1964, making it the second-youngest of the ten lighthouses along the Eastern Cape coast. The structure consists of a 12-metre aluminium lattice tower topped with a distinctive red lantern house. It was built to help guide ships safely along a coastline long known for rough seas, reefs, strong currents, and numerous shipwrecks.

Before electrification in 1980, the lighthouse was powered by diesel generators that operated continuously. Today it is fully automated and maintained by the Transnet National Ports Authority, requiring only periodic servicing by maintenance crews. The light flashes twice every ten seconds and is visible for approximately 24 nautical miles offshore.

The lighthouse takes its name from Captain A.F. Morgan, master of the Royal Navy survey vessel Barracouta, which surveyed the southeast African coastline in 1822 under Captain W.F. Owen. Cape Morgan, and later Morgan Bay itself, were named in his honour.