The victims John Rodgers, 28, and his new wife Lynette, 26, had gone for a swim on Friday, shortly after arriving in Plettenberg Bay on holiday, according to South Africa's National Sea Rescue Institute.
Mr Rogers' body was found in shallow surf on Robberg Beach by a local around 6pm the same day and his wife's body was found by two women strolling along the beach
200m from where the couple had gone missing.
Despite efforts to revive them, they were pronounced dead at the scene.The bodies have been handed into the care of the forensic pathology services."
The couple were married at the First Presbyterian Church, Holywood, last Saturday, and Mrs Rodgers, a physiotherapist, had posted a message on Facebook thanking the wedding guests.
She had added: "Heading off today so will speak to everyone when we return!".
A Foreign Office spokesman confirmed the deaths and said they are "providing assistance to both families at this extremely difficult time".
North Down DUP MLA Gordon Dunne, who knows the family, said he was "shocked and saddened" by news of the couple's deaths.
He added: "For a tragedy like this to happen days after their wedding during their honeymoon is beyond words.
"There is widespread shock and a real sense of numbness within the local community in Holywood at this time."
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