Dbn KZN 6am Conditions Report by Adam Kamdar on the Durban Golden Mile

Dbn KZN 6am Conditions Report by Adam Kamdar on the Durban Golden Mile

Dbn KZN 6am Conditions Report by Adam Kamdar on the Durban Golden Mile: A great beach day for some. But not for others. No surfers. No boats out off Durban today. These high-pressure systems bring along fantastic sun-tanning and surf fishing weather.

Over to Adam…

Fishing

Today will be all about the gulleys. Scratching through with tiny baits or lures puts you in the game for all sorts of gulley gangsters. Bronzies. Germans. Rockcod. Blacktail…

And if you are really feeling lucky, maybe you will come face-to-face with the gulley king. The brusher. These fish are visiting KZN Natal in numbers right now. And they swim shallow. Real shallow. The only problem with these mighty fish is that they get so big and strong.

Trouble on light tackle!

Estuaries

If you are lucky enough to have a clean and functioning estuary near you, now is the time of the year to be taking full advantage.

Here in the Umzimkulu last night we caught two greenspot kingfish on live mullet. Both released healthily and full of bounce. Man-oh-man do these fish fight dirty. Under the boat, around the jetty, over the mooring lines…non-stop when you got one of these guys on your line.

Join us for some estuary fishing at https://umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za.

Tides

With a lovely low tide at around 10am, the whole day is actually great tides. With a 1.9m high at 4pm, start fishing now, and fish ALL day!

Winds

Well it’s gonna blow later. But for now things are lovely and calm and the sea might even get a chance to mellow out this morning.

Synoptic

That big old cold front hitting Cape Town today has it’s sights firmly set on arriving here in KZN on Monday later. And then it’s gonna blast until Tuesday is out. Leaving us back in the good seats once the cold front has jetted past, on Wednesday/Thursday or so.

Dbn KZN Gallery

Dbn KZN gallery as shot by Adam at around 6am this very morning…

Sardines and Sighting Maps

It has been a fantastic sardine run this memorable 2024. And all the action has been logged right here on The Sardine News. This year’s map has been viewed 191,000 times and just keeps growing.

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. This year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! And a freaking tornado! And recently a capsized KZNSB boat! We have been updating the map with recent catches too…

These events will from now on be included in the Sardine News Sightings Map for 2024. And on the 1 January 2025, we shall start all over again.

Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps. Great for a windy day like today to research. With instructions to install The Sardine News right on your phone or desktop.

2024 Sardine Map

2023 Sardine Map

2022 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 deep down
fishbazaruto.com – your dreams are out there
mydofishinglures.co.za – for international orders