Brown Barrels Being Surfed in Durban, The Halocline, a Cyclone and Ifafa Flea Market #kzn #ocean
Brown Barrels Being Surfed in Durban, The Halocline, a Cyclone and Ifafa Flea Market: A very sneaky cyclone has recently been observed displaying questionable behaviour as it came in to attack – completely in reverse! It started right underneath Madagascar, played pinball down there for quite some time as it then grew into a teenager.
It vibed around down there as it built up confidence and then without warning, the young adult cyclone veered to the north and pushed hard on the pedal. Last I checked it had shot through all the roadblocks and was already past Vilankulos.
Never trust a cyclone. Especially one with a name…this one is called ‘Honde’. And is sitting sure in the middle of the Mozambique Channel today. Deciding what to do with the day…
And it’s spirited cousin up top and to the east of Madagascar, is called ‘Garance’. Between the two of these trouble makers, we can expect the waves in Durban to be firing for a week straight. And rain every day.
Luckily we are moving out of cyclone season slowly. March still holds surprises whilst we all know that April is a guarantee for wet weather. From both directions north and south, April is a wildcard.
Ifafa Flea Market
If you can’t dive, surf or fish, head to Ifafa Beach on Saturday where they are holding yet another Ifafa Flea Market 9am to 2pm.
Sardines and Sighting Maps
Which led us to decide to keep the map live. And keep adding unique marine animal sightings and events. That occurs non-stop all year round. Last year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! This year we have had two sailboat incidents already. PLUS, we have already logged some sardines!
Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps…
2024 Sardine Map
2023 Sardine Map
2021 Sardine Map
Channels
Brucifire Surf Retorts – highly entertaining surf reporting
Master Watermen – news from way down deep
The Sardine News – neva miss a single sardine
FishBazaruto – 1000 pounds plus
MYDO Tackle Talk – highly technical sport fishing
Surf Launching Southern Africa – getting out there safely
Water Woes – complain about your municipality here
Websites
umzimkulu.co.za – self-catering right on the Umzimkulu River
umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za – will get you right out and onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
masterwatermen.co.za – news from under water
fishbazaruto.com – dreams
brucifire.co.za – surf retorts
