Sean Lange 
NSRI Pink Buoy Strikes Again – Kleinmond NSRI Pink Buoy Strikes Again – Kleinmond: NSRI – Kleinmond – Sunday, 22 March. A man rescued from rip currents by Good Samaritans, using a body board and an NSRI rescue buoy – for flotation, and assisted by an NSRI rescue swimmer: Michael Markovina, NSRI Kleinmond coxswain, said: … Read more
BIG Couta Time in KZN – 2026 BIG Couta Time in KZN: moving into the dry season (two months or so away), the clean and clear Agulhas Current pushes right up against the KZN coastline. It replaces the prevailing inshore brown water produced by the summer rains of KZN, with this warm, couta lights-studded universe. … Read more
Dawn Patrol KZN South Coast Beaches 13 March 2026 Dawn Patrol KZN South Coast Beaches 13 March 2026: Good morning from The Sardine News! Two dawn patrols in a row have proven that summer mornings in Natal and the Eastern Cape are simply unbeatable. Cape Town may be warm, but the conditions here are peach-perfect. … Read more
NSRI urges water users to exercise caution during the heatwave. NSRI urges water users to exercise caution during the heatwave: Cape Town, Tuesday, 10 March 2026 – The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is urging the public to exercise caution around water during the current heatwave affecting Cape Town and parts of the Western Cape. … Read more
Fishing Browntown Fishing Browntown: the rod screamed, and I just couldn’t understand what could be in this absolutely dirty water?! What could be at the end of my light line? I was trolling a tiny blue balsa rapala (this was in 1983) past the old bridge pillar, in the Umzimkulu Estuary, on my tiny little … Read more
