25 August 2024 Beautiful Buster SW for KZN by Adam Kamdar #surf #surfing #conditions
25 August 2024 Beautiful Buster SW for KZN by Adam Kamdar #surf #surfing #conditions: big thank you to Adam Kamdar of Township Hyper – for another fun report and prognosis of what is happening in the Indian Ocean today.
Durban
Great morning to be a surfer in Durban. The buster SW is almost directly offshore and the town guys are having a ball with the slightly east swell. Crunching waves!
The Coasts
This is not the case anywhere else in KZN. Where these strong southwest winds come in sideways and blow the swells all out of kilter. Some places can handle a wind like this one…Saints down south, and Umzumbe, seem to handle it. But most places are gonna be blown out all morning. The afternoon might be ok.
Fishing
Great day to be fishing in an estuary, harbour, or some other sheltered spot. The estuaries are clean and when the waves get big, the estuaries fish well. Flat fish in the basin area in Durban kinda thing. Or rock salmon down the south coast.
This week, a 7.5 kg garrick was caught by a guest at the Umzimkulu Marina. Right in front of the lodge! You can find out more about estuary fishing with the Umzimkulu Adrenalin crew at https://umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za. September is a great month for kingfish, kob and all sorts in the active/alive estuaries we still have left.
Diving
The Bear is gonna be posting later today and his report will appear here. I don’t think there is too much diving in this report though!
Sardine Maps
Having intel to make the right decisions can save you hours and hours of frivolous sardine hunting. We have taken great care to log the activity of each sardine run since 2021. These records are available for anyone to look at.
If you study the maps year to year, you will see that right now we are only just in the middle of good sardine conditions. And that in previous years catches were made right into the summer months.
Channels
https://youtube.com/@Brucifire – highly entertaining surf reporting
https://youtube.com/@thesardinenews – neva miss a single sardine
https://youtube.com/@fishbazaruto – 1000 pounds plus
https://youtube.com/@mydotackletalk – highly technical sport fishing
https://youtube.com/@surflaunchingsouthernafrica – getting out there safely
https://youtube.com/@waterwoes – complain here
Websites
https://umzimkulu.co.za – self-catering right on the Umzimkulu River
https://umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za – sardine run coming up
https://thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
https://masterwatermen.co.za – news from deep down
https://brucifire.co.za – surf and conditions reporting
https://fishbazaruto.com – your dreams are out there
https://mydofishinglures.co.za – technical sport fishing
