Lekka Week Ahead for KZN by Adam Kamdar in Durban

Lekka Week Ahead for KZN by Adam Kamdar in Durban

Lekka Week Ahead for KZN by Adam Kamdar in Durban: The high-pressure systems we have been counting on to keep the rain away are doing their job. And a fantastically mild weather week ahead can be expected. For KZN and the Eastern Cape.

Over to Adam to greet the day in…

Durban Beach Gallery

Today is quite lekker in Durban already. There is a light breeze from the south to start with, and as usual, it ends up with an east angle later.

As a side note, the weather is quite the opposite regarding the onshore winds up in Mozambique. Up there, it starts with an onshore just about every single day. It is quite blustery in the early sun. Then, by about 9 a.m., it just starts backing off, leaving day after day peachy as ever.

The big marlin season is going on up in Vilankulos right now. Plenty fish in the 600 range being release daily. Captain Duarte Rato is pulling a stint on the Great Barrier Reef at the moment but when he returns his usual Bazaruto reports will be back on air.

For us down in the more temperate south, it’s all about garrick and snoek right now. With some lovely kob catches being made recently. If you are out deeper you are sure to encounter yellowfin and amberjack too. The spearos found fish on deeper Number One this weekend with 8m viz on top and down to 5m viz on the bottom.

Summer is marching in fast – our next big attraction – the couta aka king mackerel, will just start featuring on the north coast as their annual migration brings them all the way down to the Transkei in the sardine season.

Gear up for these dynamic gamefish right here https://thesardine.co.za/mydo.

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 189,000 times and 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!

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