Another stiff South Wester rips through KZN today 12 August 2024 by Adam Kamdar
Another stiff South Wester rips through KZN today 12 August 2024 by Adam Kamdar of Township Hyper: Finally, the east winds have been beaten back and the low-pressure systems are now dominating. Hoping that these conditions will prevail as we squeeze the last bit of juice out of winter that we can.
Spring is gonna spring in two weeks time!
Over to Adam…
Cold Front captured on Camera
And not a half hour later…
Warm Water
KZN water refuses to cool down. Will not drop below 20 degrees Celsius, and has consistently stayed over 22 degrees Celsius for week after week. And now this cold front will calm the ocean and currents even more and the water may even get warmer.
Fishing
The garrick and kob are gonna be around for a while still. The shad might come back if the water cools. And there has been a good showing of Natal Snoek this year.
Spearfishing
Check out the annual Garrick and Snoek competition results and gallery at https://masterwatermen.co.za. Keeping an eye on the spearos really dials you in as to what is going out there. They also have an interesting YouTube Channel brimming with reports and things at https://youtube.com/@masterwatermen.
Surfing
After all that waiting in earnest for the high-pressure conditions to be overridden by these low systems, we can expect waves to surf at some places in KZN over the next few days.
JBay has been cooking and you can read all about those waves at https://brucifire.co.za or at his channel at https://youtube.com/@brucifire.
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
