Vincent Cook in Nigeria

Vincent Cook sent us in these pics of fish they catch in Nigeria. “That Kingie was around 10/11kg caught jigging with a cuda spoon off the sbm in nigeria with 200kg hand line haha. Took about 30secs and had it on the sbm. Gave it no mercy other wise It would have rapped me around … Read more

Easterlies, whales, ships, waves, amberjack, bonito and yellowfin tuna!

John van Reenen Yellowfin Tuna

It started out smooth and calm, with a nice launch at 7:30am, but soon the beasterly easterly started to whisper. Captain Brian Lange at the helm of Niteshift, from the Umzimkulu Marina, was driving, with John van Reenen and Sean Lange as crew. By the time we had 10 livies, it was up to 15 … Read more

Scuba diving report from Tofo, Inhambane

Today was definitely in the top 5 diving days of the year so far! Started the morning off with a dive to Oasis. Good news is that the water is now a lovely blue again! We had 3 Reef Manta encounters, 2 huge Greater Hammerhead Sharks, 1 Grey Reef Shark, 1 Whitetip Reef Shark and … Read more

Ian Logie – Garrick in the Umzimkulu, and other stories…

Yep…Ian Logie does it again! Fishing with his son at Spillers Wharf last night, Ian’s mullet flapper was taken by this spirited Garrick, which screamed line off Ian’s SL30…up and down the Umzimkulu River. Soon a big crowd gathered to watch as Ian expertly retained his title of being king of the Umzimkulu. The fish … Read more

Freedivers move to new premises

As some of you already know Freedivers is moving to a new, bigger premises at the end of July 2013. The new address is 80 Rinaldo Roan, Durban North, and our new contact number is 031 5693153 , or alternately contact me on 082 5646118 . We look forward to seeing you at the new … Read more