Sean Lange Tofo is an amazingly safe spot to swim – usually. But every now and then, a storm surge on a good spring high tide wreaks havoc with the sand. This last storm was no exception and it scoured out right up to Casa Barry’s steps – making the local fishermen stow their boats way up … Read more
When the rivers fill right up with brown pigmented water from the summer rain catchment areas in Kwa-Zulu Natal, they spew out into the ocean hitting the current to form a beautiful seam between the brown and blue water. This is Dorado time on the Natal and Transkei coast! They swim up and down this … Read more
The fishing was fantastic late November through early December. Some boats were pigging out and reports filtered through of catches of 20 couta and 16 snapper (rock salmon) in one trip?! The locals also hammered it and on some days 100 couta were marched across the beach at Tofo. No mercy! The little white Isuzu … Read more
For three days here now – we have had an intermittent deluge. With a blasting onshore to boot. As we write this, the storm surge has breached the high tide bank at Tofo Beach- and we still have another half metre of tide to come! Local radio has issued a flood and cyclone warning…although it’s … Read more
