Praia da Roche is a good 10 kilometres south of Tofo. Local spearfisherman Manuel swam out at four this morning, practically in the dark, shot all these fish…and lugged them back to the market in Tofo. The Real Deal.
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Amberjack!
Shoals of Amberjack in the 10kg class have been swarming the points like Da Rocha and Barra.
The market is full of these awesome fighting fish – the local spearos are having a blast.
This pic is not from here, but from Hibberdene on the KZN South Coast where some of the biggest Amberjack in the world hide out.
They must get this big here too…!
Stormy days…
The view out to sea from Dinos Beach Bar. The second day of the cold front keeping us ashore yet again.
On the good days you can see whales breeching and if you are really lucky you can see Dolphins, and Manta’s from the verandah here right on Tofo Beach. There have been an exceptional amout of whales in the area the past few weeks…
Hopefully this new cold front will finally bring somes waves surf in the long wave-forgotten Inhambane area.
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Whalesharks surrounded!
As eager as they are to interact, when crowds and crowds of fin flappers converge around our super-friendly whale sharks, they eventually sound and/or move away. Wether or not this is a sign of discomfort, we are not sure – they just keep coming back to the Tofo Point area.
Off Inhambane we have a number of ocean safari operators, who for 2 hours tear up and down the coast in rubber ducks – loaded with tourists – searching for the amazing thrills provided in buckets, by an encounter with a whale shark. Sometimes launching twice or even three times per day, that’s a lot of fin flapping!
Armed with masks, fins and underwater cameras – tourists bundle into the water 50ft or so in front of a whale shark, and let it approach. They are not shy in any way, but as stated, will dive down out of reach, if hassled for too long. Swimming above the animal has this effect. Touching is not allowed but being 1m away from a prehistoric monster is more than enough!
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Update from Tofo
The wind finally backed off yesterday…the ocean is smooth and clear today. Although the wind does not stop the divers – reports of a 6m Manta Ray, loads of huge Humpbacks and calves and the usual seasonal abundance of dolphin from last week came in.
Some bigger size couta, and some fat prodigal son/cobia and the odd bigger yellowfin in the 20 to 30kg were to be seen in the market, along with some quality bottom fish.
The water should warm up and get cleaner now.
An observation we have made – for the last 2 months or more, not one of us has seen or heard from the bonnies. They have just disappeared completely. Luckily the 5kg yellowfin are in abundance and make a real good bait…just a bit big for the couta!