There have been no previous reports of synvolcanic sediments exposed onshore of the southwestern coast of Africa. However, a sequence of conglomeratic sediments containing basaltic clasts, derived from the Etendeka volcanic rocks, is exposed underneath the Etendeka Formation lavas near Albin beacon (Fig. 1). Previously these sediments were recorded as being of Triassic age (Miller, 1983), but the presence of the basaltic clasts suggests a younger, probable Cretaceous age. This paper describes these rudaceous and sandy rocks from the Albin area which are here interpreted as representing early rift deposits associated with the break -up of West Gondwana.