East Wind Washing Machine for KZN 9 Oct 2024 7am
7am 9 Oct 2024 Nobody in or on the Ocean Today as the East churns the Sea to Mush by Adam Kamdar: The east winds are not very good for the state of the ocean. Sure, if they just blow lightly and behave themselves then, yes, we can handle that. But when they get unruly and angry…like they are today, the sea becomes a very uncomfortable place to be.
Over to Adam who is on the spot…
And dangerous…
There is a strong groundswell running today. Featuring a powerful primary southwest swell and a secondary east bump. These combine to form formidable surf conditions to anyone who dares go near this particularly dangerous set of conditions.
Superpositioning of waves is when two troughs, or peaks, of a swell, combine. This combination can double the height of the wave at that moment. Making for some serious waves and deep holes. That you can disappear into.
‘The ocean is not always your friend’ – said Vloei (Boland Spearo)
These are wise words and so when the east is blowing a gale like it will today, and an unorganised and powerful swell is moving right in shallow, rather don’t go anywhere near those waves.
The good news is that eventually the winds will run out of high pressure and the low-pressure south winds will come and paint the ocean pretty again. This is forecast for Friday. Leaving us a darling KZN weekend ahead.
We still have a few units available at the Umzimkulu Marina (Sheppy) where the estuary gamefish season is in full swing. Contact Sean on +27793269671 or umzimkulu@gmail.com anytime to talk about getting stuck into the garrick, kingfish, kob, rock salmon, perch, grunter and more that are waiting for your live bait. This last weekend we had angler Angus Gibson bag a proper garrick right at the jetty. Full story on umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za.
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