Frequently Asked Questions

Suggested fish portions as follows:

Salmon 150g – 180g per person
Most other fish: 200g per person
Hake: 250g per person
Mussels: 500g per person for main course
Calamari: 100g – 150g per person

Yes, we charge R50 for delivery (free delivery for orders over R950). You can also collect from us in Muizenberg and Woodstock for free.

We deliver to certain areas in Cape Town and surrounds. Click here to find out if we deliver to your area.

Your order will be delivered on the next available delivery day.

We deliver to City Bowl, Southern Suburbs and Northern Suburbs – Tuesdays & Thursdays.

Hout Bay and West Coast – Thursdays.

Deep South on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.

You will receive an email on the morning of delivery to confirm the time. *

We do not make deliveries on public holidays.

* Subject to availability

You can pay via EFT, debit/credit card or Snapscan. We have partnered with Yoco to make your card payments safe, secure and easy. Once you place an order you will be redirected to Yoco’s secure payment gateway to enter your card details.

We sell only the freshest seafood and put our fresh fish on the site as soon as the catch comes in. To find out when this page is updated with fresh fish for the week, please sign up to our mailing list.

Our fish comes from local fishermen. The salmon is imported from Norway. Some of our frozen products are imported from ethical and responsible fisheries. Our meat, eggs and dairy items come from local, ethical farmers with a focus on free-range livestock.

Most of our fish are advertised as filleted which means the fish is first filleted and then weighed. We find it easier for the customer to work out how much they need if the fish is filleted. Most other fish shops will advertise the fish as whole fish, which they then weigh and fillet for you. The fish works out to the same price as you pay for the head and bones. Using Yellowtail as an example. The yield, once filleted is 60% of the whole Therefore a whole fish that cost R65/kg will cost R110/kg once filleted. So if you are looking for whole fish we sell it just as that, a whole fish (scaled and gutted) but if you’d prefer filleted we’ll sell it filleted. We’ll gladly supply you with heads and bones for stock and soup at no extra charge.

Consider ordering a whole fish if you’d like to braai or bake the whole fish, whole fish are ordered per fish and the weights do vary. Smallish fish – Hottentot, Silvers, Panga, Red Roman all weigh between 500 and 1.5kg and will feed 1 to 2 people. Medium fish – Yellowtail, Hake, Kingklip vary greatly in size but average between 2 and 4kg’s and serve 4 to 8 guests. Large fish such as Tuna and Swordfish weigh from 10kg to 90kg’s.

Please order by email or via the online shop. I can’t always answer the phone as we are busy during lunch.

When collecting from Woodstock there is a complimentary parking bay for Ocean Jewels customers in Station Road. Alternatively the security on duty can assist you to find temporary parking in order to visit our store.