The tides of March are marching The tides of March are marching again, and it’s quite tough to understand why. The main thing out of synch is that the tidal coefficients are not that high. Monday’s coefficient was a mere 95 in the morning. Given that the coefficient range reaches over 120, it means that … Read more
Trawler Watch The sardines are prepping for their annual suicide run up the east coast of Southern Africa right now. And so will be illegal fishers. Preparing to gorge them with their huge purse seine nets and get them into a supermarket near you. That the overall population is dwindling as rapidly as every other … Read more
Half price on everything in Tofo Yip, it’s a half price on everything in Tofo this year… Let me elaborate. This exact time last year – R1 could get you 2.8 Meticals. This time this year – R1 gets you 5.4 Meticals. Click this link to see it as a graph…http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=ZAR&to=MZN&view=1Y In fact it was … Read more
Vilankulo, Vilanculo, Vilankulos, Vilanculos, or Vilancoulos? There are probably more spellings for this tiny gem of a coastal town, in Inhambane Province, Southern Mozambique, but these are the one we know of. The partial featuring of the word “Vila” within the towns name, led me askew as to what it means, in Portuguese (as usual). … Read more
No sardine report 25 July 2016 Jay Steenkamp patrolling down south to Port Edward and beyond reports that the surfing has been fantastico and they have all been getting shacked. Roosta in Umzumbe reports the same clean powerful swells gracing their underground. But no mention of sardines. Scattered baitballs of other types of smallies up … Read more
