Three Anchor Bay
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Three Anchor Bay
| native_name = Drieankerbaai
| settlement_type = Suburb of Cape Town
| image_skyline = NG kerk Drieankerbaai 2013.jpg
| image_caption = Dutch Reformed Church in Three Anchor Bay
| pushpin_map = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
| coordinates = {{coord|33|54|30|S|18|23|45|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = South Africa
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Western Cape
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = City of Cape Town
| subdivision_type4 = Main Place
| subdivision_name4 = Cape Town
| established_title = Established
| leader_title = Councillor
| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/199041004 |title = Sub Place Three Anchor Bay |work=Census 2011}}
| area_total_km2 = 0.29
| population_total = 2225
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_title1 = Black African
| demographics1_info1 = 14.9%
| demographics1_title2 = Coloured
| demographics1_info2 = 8.9%
| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian
| demographics1_info3 = 3.5%
| demographics1_title4 = White
| demographics1_info4 = 67.8%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 = 5.0%
| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)
| demographics2_title1 = English
| demographics2_info1 = 67.9%
| demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans
| demographics2_info2 = 16.4%
| demographics2_title3 = Xhosa
| demographics2_info3 = 4.3%
| demographics2_title4 = Zulu
| demographics2_info4 = 1.0%
| demographics2_title5 = Other
| demographics2_info5 = 10.4%
| timezone1 = SAST
| utc_offset1 = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)
| postal_code = 8005
| postal2_code_type = PO box
| postal2_code =
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 021
}}
Three Anchor Bay is a suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Small anchorage in Table Bay. The name, first encountered in 1661, possibly refers to anchors securing chains stretched as defence across the bay. The form Drieankerbaai is preferred for official purposes.{{#tag:ref |{{cite book|last=Raper|first=Peter E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n433/mode/2up|publisher=Internet Archive|access-date=28 August 2013|page=433|year=1987}} |name=dosapn}}
Afrikaans language author and poet Ingrid Jonker drowned herself at the nearby beach on July 19, 1965.{{cite news |title=Rapport |url=http://www.rapport.co.za/Boeke/Nuus/Ongesteld-of-kreatief-20100703}}
The National Sea Rescue Institute is headquartered there.