What is going on with the SARDINES by Kevin in Qora?
What is going on with the SARDINES by Kevin in Qora?
Hi everyone this is Kevin from Qora Mouth uh just north of Mazeppa Bay in the Southern Transkei well um things are maybe quietening down a bit in KZN I mean there are nets coming out but you know um I think it’s getting to that time of year where it’s uh beginning of July and uh the sards are kind of petering out a little bit the shoals that came up already through and the ones that they’ve been netting but I can say that we had those two large shoals that moved through the Transkei within the last two weeks and I’m pretty sure they’re gonna reach KZN but we just don’t know where they are right now nothing in shore no reports from Port ST Johns of the guys diving there was was a small report from the Haven Hotel which is at the Mbashe River that there was some action there but smaller shoals just a fractured shoal so yeah we just don’t know chaps we don’t know if those are gonna reach KZN or if everything is kind of going out now into the current but what I can say is down here we got a huge swell on the horizon big south swell generated by that cold front that came through the Cape uh the ships are rocking and rolling out there so yeah let’s hope that uh things change and that some of these shoals make it up to KZN and fill things up and the netting can resume again anyway we’ll keep you updated as things happen and um yeah keep it real don’t forget to like and subscribe cheers
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NSRI Winds and Waves Advisory – Incoming by Craig Lambinon
NSRI Winds and Waves Advisory – Incoming by Craig Lambinon: if my mate Craig at the NSRI thinks it’s time to issue a warning, best we take heed.
Thanks Craig and over to you…
Craig Lambinon NSRI Spokesperson Wednesday June 25th NSRI Police and the emergency services are appealing to the maritime community shoreline anglers paddlers sailors and coastal walkers hikers to be cautious during this cold front currently being experienced around the south Western Cape coastline on Wednesday and spreading to the Southern Cape and East Coast in places The South African Weather Services have issued alerts forecasting high winds heavy sea conditions with waves of 4 to 6 meters rough sea conditions are being experienced we are appealing to the public and the maritime community to follow the South African Weather Services forecast and to exercise caution during this time don’t venture down to the coastline or launch to go to sea unless absolutely necessary commercial seafarers sailors and fishermen wear your life jackets at sea during this time and exercise caution
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SARDINES arrive in DURBAN by Adam Kamdar: The sun rose on Durban today bringing with it the spectacular sight of shoals upon shoals of sardines right out off the Sun Coast beach.
Over to Adam…
And barely a few moments later, Team Veez One reported from the beach at Amanzimtoti pipeline that they had bagged a lovely net of sardines and that it was already on the beach!
Over to Team Veez…
We also got a photo of the action…
And then The Bear reported in barely a few minutes after that!
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Where are the Sardines Today? by Jace, The Bear, Kevin and Sean
Where are the Sardines Today? by Jace, The Bear, Kevin and Sean #sardinerun2025 #sardinemigration
STOP PRESS: Nets are busy at Hibberdene but not that many fish coming out…lots of action…
Welcome back to the Sardine News hi welcome back to the Sardine News got a big sea a bit of a unruly conditions the surf’s quite wild netters are out there but it’s a bit difficult it’s hard to spot the sardines and it’s all they’re all scattered all over the place they’re not like focused in one area like they were when they first got here the predators and all the animals have just scattered them but it’s still good news there’s still lots of sardines coming anyway we’re gonna get into the reports we starting we’re gonna go in reverse we’re gonna start right now with Jace at Addington he’s gonna he’s reporting from the boat that’s like almost live then we’ve got Jason at the bluff he’s gonna check in for us in that area and then we’ve also got Kevin gonna check in with us from down in the Transkei so we pretty much got the whole coast covered so let’s go to Jace in Durban thank you very much Jace by the way for the reports Ciao all the fish and more how’s it guys here the boys are sunbathing off Durban spectacular view on the background if anyone’s got mutton and cabbage braised mutton and cabbage with roti uh you’re welcome to DM US and uh we will come ashore and pick it up but for now we’re sunbathing enjoying it chilling uh what do you feel like eating today action uh tortoise and sheep head no KFC KFC yeah you right now breakfast in the ocean breakfast in the ocean yeah yeah Mario some sheep and samosas should do sheep and samosas slow mo KFC KFC okay so we got KFC uh sheep and uh and roti and breakfast I’m saying braise mutton and that’s what I feel like eating braise mutton and cabbage yeah but guys that’s the lighter side of it guys having some fun out at sea when there’s no fish then we take the good and the bad and we enjoy it so that’s what’s happening here see there’s other boats out here as well hi peeps and welcome to another bear report this time we are at Bluff Durban KZN South Africa this is a Cave Rock here on my left that’s the tidal pool right it’s a tidal pool cave guys are getting a Lekker wave here this morning hey look at that yeah it looks like the shallows has beaned up a bit with the groundswell there’s probably some fish out deeper hey but every now and then hey some kraakers coming through hey these are the smaller sets now but in between we have some decent walls yo where’s the viz uh Widenham looks very clean at the moment uh but the surf is is kraaking there on the south there Southbroom looks a good 2 two and a half meters further down south as regards to sardines today it seems like only the netters at Addington are out I don’t know if they got a full uh net this morning but yeah they were pulling a net about 15 minutes ago at opposite Addington Hospital in Durban town eh yoh check that bomber hey wax those sticks go and do some tricks that’s an Aweh from the Bear and as always dive straight and safe spears morning everyone this is Kevin at Qora Mouth just north of Mazaeppa Bay Southern Transkei yeah just an update on what’s happening here chaps there’s still a lot of sardines around you know I’m seeing birds everywhere I’m not diving but moving around and that’s a good sign because these gannets if you watch them they they move towards the sardines and a lot of the birds this morning were moving north of me and I’m seeing birds now moving everywhere here um going north going south not flying in formation so they’re not going long distance they’re just kind of looking and searching so yeah um I think there’s still lots more sardines coming headed towards KZN we know the mother lode passed about uh 4 5 days ago probably reaching Port St Johns pretty soon but they might have gone out deep so we just gonna have to wait and watch but it’s not over guys uh still plenty more coming to KZN the season is not nearly done yet anyway we’ll keep you updated as things happen don’t forget to like and subscribe cheers okay thanks team thanks everybody for checking in hopefully some more action will transpire during the afternoon like to thank the members who have joined the channel it’s unbelievable thank you very very very much you can like and subscribe that really helps too but if you join you get to join the Sardine Hotline and you become part of this central nervous network of the Sardine News Network and you never miss a single sardine ciao ciao
We have started the 2025 Sardine Run Map! Download our app to your phone or device, accept notifications, and you will never miss a single sardine.
2024 was a thrilling year for sardines. All the action has been logged right here on The Sardine News. The 2024 map has been viewed 200 000 times and just keeps going.
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. Last year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! This year we have had two sailboat incidents already. PLUS, we have already logged some sardines!
Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps…
Do The Sardines Spawn Here In KZN? Deep diving Beth Neale has a question for us…we have tried to answer it as best we could…
Welcome back to the Sardine News yeah welcome back Sardine News beautiful beautiful June day again June 18th just marvelous wonderful stuff not too much sardine action going on I heard a rumour that there was a net in *Toti going just now but in the meantime um since there’s been so much sardine action the last few days I’m kind of relieved that there isn’t too much news coming in but I’ve been getting lots of comments lots of questions and I got a question from Beth Neale we all know who she is and uh I couldn’t answer it so I figured no ways I’m gonna ask Kevin to answer it so Kevin off you go thanks mate yeah that’s open to debate um the problem with spawning is that they they spawn in cold water that’s why the major shoal moves up the east coast I mean the west coast um that’s where they you know come off the Agulhas Bank they move up up the west coast to Angola and southern Angola and northern Namibia that’s where they’re spawning and then they’re moving back to the Agulhas Bank and the the East Coast sardine run is an anomaly and nobody knows yet if they actually do spawn because that is what the migration is all about but Ushaka Marine World had a study going on where they were trying to figure out if these sardines are just like going to their death and becoming part of the food chain because of the mistake of coming up the East Coast and um there were there’s no results yet as to whether they are actually spawning or whether that a large portion of that shoal once they reach warm water goes out to the deep and moves back to their Gallus bank they don’t even know that yet so yeah that’s like a question that everybody would love to know because that then that means that the sardine run actually serves a purpose uh for the for the you know biomass of the sardines but there’s no definitive answer to that and that’s something that if you could come up with the answer to that scientifically you’d be a millionaire overnight bud ha ha ha I wish I could figure that shit out another thing to bear in mind with the sardine run is that uh Antarctica ice cold water down south is very nutrient rich water that’s why the humpbacks kind of hang out there in the summertime and that nutrient rich water full of phytoplankton in winter time you get a cold upwelling that moves up north and it moves over the Agulhas Bank and that’s what triggers the sardine run very high nutrients lots of phytoplankton and that’s what they’re following um off the Agulhas Bank up the west coast of Africa and they’re feeding on that the whole way and spawning and then moving back to the Agulhas Bank in the summertime so with the cold upwellings that happen and kind of splits down at the Cape these sardines that make the wrong turn the water that’s coming up the East Coast is also very rich in nutrients the same nutrients and by the time they get to the warmer water in case it in it’s too warm for this phytoplankton so that’s also part of the question um cause they’re gonna run out of food pretty soon and we don’t know even if those sardines make it back to the Agulhas Bank or if they just become part of the food chain so it’s a very intricate complex uh situation that’s happening and uh would love some answers cheers
We have started the 2025 Sardine Run Map! Download our app to your phone or device, accept notifications, and you will never miss a single sardine.
2024 was a thrilling year for sardines. All the action has been logged right here on The Sardine News. The 2024 map has been viewed 200 000 times and just keeps going.
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. Last year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! This year we have had two sailboat incidents already. PLUS, we have already logged some sardines!
Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps…
