7am 9 Oct 2024 Nobody in or on the Ocean Today as the East churns the Sea to Mush by Adam Kamdar

7am 9 Oct 2024 Nobody in or on the Ocean Today as the East churns the Sea to Mush by Adam Kamdar

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.

Sardines n Sighting Maps

It has been a fantastic sardine run this memorable 2024. And all the action has been logged right here on The Sardine News. This year’s map has been viewed 185,000 times and keeps growing.

Which led us to decide to keep the map live. And keep adding unique marine animal sightings and events. That occurs non-stop all year round. This year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! And a freaking tornado!

These events will from now on be included in the Sardine News Sightings Map for 2024. And on the 1 January 2025, we shall start all over again.

Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps. Great for a windy day like today to research. With instructions to install The Sardine News right on your phone or desktop.

2024 Sardine Map

2023 Sardine Map

2022 Sardine Map

2021 Sardine Map

Channels

Brucifire Surf Retorts – highly entertaining  surf reporting

Master Watermen – news from way down deep

The Sardine News – neva miss a single  sardine

FishBazaruto – 1000 pounds plus

MYDO Tackle Talk – highly technical  sport fishing

Surf Launching Southern Africa – getting out there safely

Water Woes – complain about your municipality here

Websites

umzimkulu.co.za – self-catering right on the Umzimkulu River
umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za –  will get you right onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single  sardine or storm warning
masterwatermen.co.za – news from deep down
brucifire.co.za –  surf and conditions reporting
fishbazaruto.com – your dreams are out there
mydofishinglures.co.za – technical  sport fishing