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Sardine Run 2025 July Update

Sardine Run 2025 Update July

Sardine Run 2025 July Update

Sardine Run 2025 July Update: Welcome back to The Sardine News!

Where we have an action-packed show for you today. Starting in the Durban area and heading all the way on down to Coffee Bay in the Transkei.

Sardine Run 2025 Update

What a sardine run 2025 it has turned out to be. And it ain’t nearly over yet!

You can take a quick look at The Sardine Sightings Map for 2025 to see how the sardine run has unfolded this year so far. There are also maps since 2021 – a great reference as we go each year.

Amanzimtoti

Today we start in Amanzimtoti, where Team Veez has once again successfully negotiated the surf, and pulled in a neat little net.

Noth Beach, Durban

A little while later Adam Kamdar of Township Hyper checked in with us, reporting a humpback whale hustling the local surfers at North Beach in Durban.

Thank you Adam!

welcome back to The Sardine News
Sardine News Sardine News
welcome back Sardine news breaking by Adam Kamdah
there is a humpback whale in the back line
right in amongst the surfers at North Beach
yep you heard that right in the shallows
so the whales are also here for the sardine
the sardine run is quite early this year
and these whales are now forming up at the right time
because actually normally
the sardine run only really gets going at about now
it’s been a hell of a good year
and there are many more sardines coming
there’s a big shoal south of Umdumbi still
there are shoals past Umdumbi
up towards Port Saint Johns
and I’m not sure what’s going on in the south coast
at the moment but Durban uh Toti
seems to be the hot spot for sardines
flat out there they just love that place
okay don’t forget to like and subscribe
and you can join this channel
you can join the hotline
then you’ll never miss a single sardine
but you also be able to support our mission
here at The Sardine News to keep you informed
keep you informed shot Ciao

Coffee Bay

The Sardine Team is actually in Mdumbi, just north of Coffee Bay, deep Transkei…

STOP PRESS: Shark Attacks Fishermen

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NSRI – STATION 20, Shelly Beach

NSRI – KZN South Coast – Sunday, 6 July. Ongoing search for a missing man:

Police divers are continuing in ongoing search efforts for a missing man.

KZN SOUTH COAST:

A 37 year old male is missing following a reported shark incident at Mfazazana, near Hibberdene, KZN South Coast.

On Friday afternoon, 04 July, the SA Police Services, Police K9 Search and Rescue and WPDS (Water Policing and Diving Services) were alerted to a man missing at Mfazazana following a reported shark incident.

It was reported that 3 local fishermen were in the water near to a school of sardines. One man disappeared under water after a shark appeared to surface where the man was was fishing.

It appears that one friend attempted to intervene but it is believed that he was confronted by at least 2 sharks and he retreated to the shoreline.

It is believed that the sharks were feeding on the school of sardines at the time.

Police K9 Search and Rescue and WPDS attended at the scene on Friday but no sign of the missing man was located.

On Saturday Police K9 Search and Rescue and WPDS, assisted by NSRI Shelly Beach, continued in search operations.

Police have opened an investigation and are continuing in an ongoing search.

Police divers are continuing in ongoing search efforts.

Thoughts, care and compassion, are with the family and friends of the missing man.

-ENDS-

NSRI EMERGENCY: 087 094 9774

RELEASED BY

Craig Lambinon
NSRI COMMUNICATIONS

Email: communications@searescue.org.za | Cell: ?+27 (0) 82 380 3800? | nsri.org.za

Sardines and Sighting Maps

Follow the 2025 Sardine Run Map!

You can also download our app to your phone or device, accept notifications, and you will never miss a single  sardine.

Last year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! This year we have had two sailboat incidents already. PLUS, we have already logged some sardines! And a UFO!

Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps…

2025 Sardine Map

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 out and onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
masterwatermen.co.za – news from under water
fishbazaruto.com – dreams
brucifire.co.za – surf retorts

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SARDINES are EVERYWHERE Coffee Bay to Winkelspruit #sardine #run #2025 #sardinemigration

Manaba Sardine Run 2025

SARDINES are EVERYWHERE Coffee Bay to Winkelspruit #sardinerun #2025 #sardinemigration

SARDINES are EVERYWHERE Coffee Bay to Winkelspruit #sardine #run #2025 #sardinemigration

Welcome back to The Sardine News
Welcome back how’s it guys
yeah I wonder where I am
I don’t know where I am let’s check on the map
okay well
I’m in Mdumbi to be exact
what a hell ride to get here
it was crazy yeah
I lost the GPS signal most of the time
then we found out that the bridge to Umtata is gone
well the edges are gone
then I found myself in this river in mTagati
and that’s not the way to go across a river
in a little Suzuki you can use a Duster
rather like this lady who’s my guest
who come along with us
doing it in style
very cool stuff big adventure in the Transkei
it was just a little bit stressful
when you have to get people to push and pull
so that
I had three okes in the front of my little Suzuki
and 4 okes at the back
and they dragged that car up this exact hill here
manually no damage
just ugh you know really
they should fix their bridges
come on ANC just you fix the bridges
how do other people get through here
you know
that’s the way you get through here in a 4 by 4
alright so we get to Mdumbi
it’s beautiful there this place diabolically beautiful
those are all the little local kids
catching pinkies in their corner for live bait
I haven’t caught so much anything yet
I’ve been busy trying to set things up
but the Willow caught it like a little sand shark
have you ever seen anything so weird
ha ha ha
what a cool face he’s pulling there at the moment
okay over to Mannoe
Mannie Joirrero here we are at Mbomvu Beach guys
lots of activity happening outside there
birds all around us man
the dolphins are going crazy
I see they’re actually chasing some fish
or pilcards around the corner there at the moment
towards Coffee Bay side uh
yes guys lots of activity about us
lots of action
uh not a lot not a lot of fishermen around uh
and I’m not quite sure why
but uh
a few guys trying their luck on the rocks down there um
but in any case yes
they are and the birds are flying north so uh
you guys on the south coast expect it
expect much more coming your way
in the meantime
Margate Ramsgate and obviously Winklespruit
sardines all over the place
not sure who this guy is in a micro light
but wow good stuff
and check out that shoal of snoek down there
those are actual queen mackerel
swimming in the back line
but yeah there are sardines everywhere
there’s sardines still coming
I’m gonna check in with Kevin in Qora later
but in the meantime right outside here at Umdumbi
10 Kms north of Coffee Bay Sardines
there’s Cape Gannets rafting
they are turns diving is all on dolphins
whales the whole lot
don’t forget to like and subscribe and join the hotline
Ciao ciao

What a sardine this run has been and still will be!

Sardines and Sighting Maps

Follow the 2025 Sardine Run Map!

You can also download our app to your phone or device, accept notifications, and you will never miss a single  sardine.

Last year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! This year we have had two sailboat incidents already. PLUS, we have already logged some sardines! And a UFO!

Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps…

2025 Sardine Map

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 out and onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
masterwatermen.co.za – news from under water
fishbazaruto.com – dreams
brucifire.co.za – surf retorts

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What is going on with the SARDINES by Kevin in Qora?

What is going on with the SARDINES by Kevin in Qora

What is going on with the SARDINES by Kevin in Qora?

What is going on with the SARDINES by Kevin in Qora?

Hi everyone this is Kevin from Qora Mouth
uh just north of Mazeppa Bay in the Southern Transkei
well um
things are maybe quietening down a bit in KZN
I mean there are nets coming out
but you know um
I think it’s getting to that time of year where it’s uh
beginning of July and uh
the sards are kind of petering out a little bit
the shoals that came up already through
and the ones that they’ve been netting
but I can say
that we had those two large shoals
that moved through the Transkei
within the last two weeks
and I’m pretty sure they’re gonna reach KZN
but we just don’t know where they are right now
nothing in shore
no reports from Port ST Johns of the guys diving
there was was a small report from the Haven Hotel
which is at the Mbashe River
that there was some action there
but smaller shoals just a fractured shoal
so yeah we just don’t know chaps
we don’t know if those are gonna reach
KZN or if everything is kind of going out now
into the current but what I can say is down here
we got a huge swell on the horizon
big south swell generated by that cold front
that came through the Cape
uh the ships are rocking and rolling out there
so yeah let’s hope that uh
things change and that some of these shoals
make it up to KZN and fill things up
and the netting can resume again
anyway we’ll keep you updated as things happen and um
yeah
keep it real don’t forget to like and subscribe cheers

Thanks Kevin!

Sardines and Sighting Maps

Follow the 2025 Sardine Run Map!

You can also download our app to your phone or device, accept notifications, and you will never miss a single  sardine.

Last year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! This year we have had two sailboat incidents already. PLUS, we have already logged some sardines! And a UFO!

Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps…

2025 Sardine Map

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 out and onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
masterwatermen.co.za – news from under water
fishbazaruto.com – dreams
brucifire.co.za – surf retorts

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NSRI Winds and Waves Advisory – Incoming by Craig Lambinon

NSRI News and Advisory

NSRI Winds and Waves Advisory – Incoming by Craig Lambinon

NSRI Winds and Waves Advisory – Incoming by Craig Lambinon: if my mate Craig at the NSRI thinks it’s time to issue a warning, best we take heed.

Thanks Craig and over to you…

Craig Lambinon NSRI Spokesperson Wednesday June 25th
NSRI Police and the emergency services
are appealing to the maritime community
shoreline anglers paddlers
sailors and coastal walkers
hikers to be cautious during this cold front
currently being experienced
around the south Western Cape coastline
on Wednesday
and spreading to the Southern Cape and East Coast
in places
The South African Weather Services have issued alerts
forecasting high winds
heavy sea conditions with waves of 4 to 6 meters
rough sea conditions are being experienced
we are appealing to the public
and the maritime community
to follow the South African Weather Services forecast
and to exercise caution during this time
don’t venture down to the coastline or launch
to go to sea unless absolutely necessary
commercial seafarers sailors and fishermen
wear your life jackets at sea during this time
and exercise caution

Sardines and Sighting Maps

Follow the 2025 Sardine Run Map!

You can also download our app to your phone or device, accept notifications, and you will never miss a single  sardine.

Last year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! This year we have had two sailboat incidents already. PLUS, we have already logged some sardines! And a UFO!

Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps…

2025 Sardine Map

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 out and onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
masterwatermen.co.za – news from under water
fishbazaruto.com – dreams
brucifire.co.za – surf retorts

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SARDINES arrive in DURBAN by Adam Kamdar

Sardines Arrive in Durban 23 July 2025

SARDINES arrive in DURBAN by Adam Kamdar

SARDINES arrive in DURBAN by Adam Kamdar: The sun rose on Durban today bringing with it the spectacular sight of shoals upon shoals of sardines right out off the Sun Coast beach.

Over to Adam…

And barely a few moments later, Team Veez One reported from the beach at Amanzimtoti pipeline that they had bagged a lovely net of sardines and that it was already on the beach!

Over to Team Veez…

We also got a photo of the action…

And then The Bear reported in barely a few minutes after that!

SARDINES at SCOTTBURGH!

Three boats milling about looking for sardines!

Sardines and Sighting Maps

We have started the 2025  Sardine Run Map! Download our app to your phone or device, accept notifications, and you will never miss a single  sardine.

2024 was a thrilling year for sardines. All the action has been logged right here on The Sardine News. The 2024 map has been viewed 200 000 times and just keeps going.

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. Last year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! This year we have had two sailboat incidents already. PLUS, we have already logged some sardines!

Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps…

2025 Sardine Map

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 out and onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
masterwatermen.co.za – news from under water
fishbazaruto.com – dreams
brucifire.co.za – surf retorts

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