Sean Lange Praia da Tofo A beautiful Sunday morning today lasted about an hour when an amazingly strong onshore squall hit hard. Local fishermen were out early but were literally blown back to shore. Our back door was blown completely off its rails and smashed – 30 secs after this pic was taken! The rain is pelting … Read more
Fishing off Karl Gous’ boat – Roger Davidson brings home a real “Skomolo”, while Marc Lange shows us a real nice bull dorado. Fishing seems to be really good down south. Note the Umzimkulu River’s brown/orange colour in the background – characteristic of these summer months. By about April the river returns to a clear … Read more
The scene of the time two local fishermen saved the life of a local kid caught in a high tide surge. The previous article carries the story… This pic shows how much sand was taken away over a week of onshore winds reaching 35 knots or more some days. The locals have had to move … Read more
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
