Jamie Edwards Scuba Report: Tofo

Jamie Edwards posted for DIVERSITY SCUBA So another great dive at Oasis this morning and the Manta’s are back!!! We were visited by 4 Reef Manta’s and also 1 Giant Manta! Also spent a bit of time with a Whitetip Reef Shark. During the trip out there we managed to spend some time with 6 … Read more

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Sardines? Where?

Oh well, no sardines to speak of. Many other variants of baitfish up and down the lower south coast – but no sards. The water finally cooled with the last few days of easterly winds and swell, but has gone an evil colour brown with the upswelling the east brings. So now we have a … Read more

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Type 1A dinner in Tofo

Grant Gilmore looking stoked at the prospect of dinner. The snapper looks to be an Emperor Snapper, great to catch…great to eat. There have been many different species in the market this winter…Rock Salmon (Mangrove Jack, River Snapper), Speckled Snapper, Twinspot Snapper…and some we can’t identify. Cobia have been aplenty now that the whales are … Read more

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FISHING MUSEUM RECEIVES OFFICIAL APPROVAL

Maputo (AIM) – The Mozambican government has approved a decree creating a Fishing Museum to preserve the nation’s scientific and cultural heritage. The decision was taken during a meeting of the Council of Ministers (Cabinet) on Tuesday. The government spokesperson, Deputy Justice Minister Alberto Nkutumula, told reporters after the meeting that the Fishing Museum will … Read more

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Busy times between Durban and Mozambique…

I’s just like the old days…queues of cars and people loaded with boats, quad bikes and jet skis, headed north, en masse. Winter holidays have begun. Halfway stops between Maputo and Xai Xai are full. Markets are a buzz. Fuel stops are busy as. Border posts are chaos. And the roads very busy. But we … Read more

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