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GoDive Reports Hundreds Of Gannet At Cintsa

Gannet Birds By The Hundreds In Cintsa By GoDive

GoDive Reports Hundreds Of Gannet At Cintsa

GoDive Reports Hundreds Of Gannet At Cintsa: Elton and crew checking in at lunchtime…

“dolphins swimming around excited clients hey guys just a update from the um go dive crew operating out of Sinza obviously we had those two tough weeks in um Port Elizabeth where although we saw a little bit of action it just wasn’t what we were hoping for uh moving on to Cintsa um the first day was pretty good we launched on the 4th and we did get a couple of um you know small little bait balls which were kind of dissipating as we arrived and then the next couple of days were really quiet um I think uh we had a spotter plane go up for us they saw four gannets the whole flight between East London and kind of Wavecrest area uh no dolphins no whales and nothing really really really look like a desert out there um and that was two days ago today luckily it looks like it’s turning a little bit uh the team just reported back um hundreds of gannets in the area uh and a lot of uh dolphins as well so as they sent me the last update they were approaching the first signs of a proper bait ball and they were gonna get in so yeah we will uh definitely report back to tonight or tomorrow um whether it’s a what the visibility water temperature and what if it was in fact sardines and not maybe mackerel or some sort of other bait fish but yeah looks like a sardine run 2025 is a coming into swing now so we were very excited I still got about five weeks of this so yeah really really um excited for what’s to come”

The gannet birds that have flown up here from the Cape are a sure sign that sardines are in the area…

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