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
4th July Sardine Report Independance day 4th July Sardine Report… Having Debbie Smith and Rob Nettleton down in Port St. Johns and right on the sardine front is great news. This just in from Debbie… “Rob is on their 2nd bait ball of the morning. The waters are teeming with sharks, including one big Zambezi” “Finally, the … Read more
Sardine Run Report 1 July 2016 For a Sardine Run Report 1 July 2016, we have a few tidbits of encouraging information, from our undercover Sardine Agents, way down in the Transkei. Robbie van Wijk is the deepest undercover, way down in Mdumbi. Where he has reported sporadic sardine activity, coming right into the bay at … Read more
Sardine Report from Port St Johns Debbie Smith of Offshore Africa is right in on the action down in the Transkei every day, and has kindly dropped us another Sardine Report from Port St Johns, this morning. “Great Day. Loits of baitballs on the snorkel. Small red-eye sardines plentiful. Few birds but we had sharks … Read more
Sardine Run 2016 around the corner! “The red hot pokers have bloomed” – Louis Wolmarans (uttered every year, over and over, like a chant). Louis, long time surfing guru on the KZN South Coast, is amping for the waves each year. When the aloes bloom in their red splendour each year, it marks the beginning of … Read more
