Notable features are the clay castles of the Hoarusib River, the Agate Mountain salt pans and the large seal colony at Cape Fria. The northern half of the park is a designated wilderness area. Namibia has declared the 16,000 square kilometres (6,200 sq mi) Skeleton Coast National Park over much of the area, from the Ugab River to the Kunene. Ugabmund Gate (Ugab River Gate) of the Skeleton Coast National Park note the skulls-and-crossbones in the gate The Saltyjackal, a surf camp located in Swakopmund, Namibia, is currently the only group that runs guided surf trips along the Skeleton Coast.
Skeleton Bay is now known as a great location for surfing. The southern section consists of gravel plains, while north of Terrace Bay the landscape is dominated by high sand dunes. The coast is largely soft sand occasionally interrupted by rocky outcrops. The only way out was by going through a marsh hundreds of kilometres long and only accessible via a hot and arid desert. In the days before engine-powered ships and boats, it was possible to get ashore through the surf but impossible to launch from the shore. There is a constant, heavy surf on the beaches. The winds blow from land to sea, rainfall rarely exceeds 10 millimetres (0.39 in) annually and the climate is highly inhospitable. On the coast, the upwelling of the cold Benguela current gives rise to dense ocean fogs (called cassimbo by the Angolans) for much of the year. The Bushmen of the Namibian interior called the region "The Land God Made in Anger", while Portuguese sailors once referred to it as "The Gates of Hell". The Skeleton Coast is the northern part of the Atlantic coast of Namibia and south of Angola from the Kunene River south to the Swakop River, although the name is sometimes used to describe the entire Namib Desert coast.
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