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Posted on October 26, 2024October 26, 2024 by Sean Lange — Leave a comment

Blue Lagoon Garrick Report by Sean Lange and Adam Kamdar 8am 26 October 2024

Blue Lagoon Garrick Report by Sean Lange and Adam Kamdar 8am 26 October 2024

Blue Lagoon Garrick Report by Sean Lange and Adam Kamdar 8am 26 October 2024: Another fun Saturday for KZN ocean users! Light winds from the south all day. Starting nice and offshore and swinging around to a gentle east angle. Not picking up at all.

Adam Kamdar is out there making the most of the cool conditions and sent in this clip before 8am! “That’s Him” fighting and boating a double-figures looking garrick out off the Blue Lagoon area.

There are many boats and oceancrafts out there looking for live bait and a chance at a tough-fighting garrick fish. Adam is going to be sending in more action clips from the water through the day. His next one is already in!

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Garrick fishing news right from the water…video by Adam Kamdar and Township Hyper.

Blue Lagoon Garrick Report Two by Adam Kamdar on the water

This time it’s charter boat Simply the Best who has not one, but two garrick on the line. This video focuses mainly on the fish at the back of the boat. The cabin gets in the way of seeing the second fish being handled from the starboard bow.

Adam reports many boats out having a fun day. Weirdly enough, this is the second Saturday in a row that has panned out so nicely. Those are good statistics for this time of the year. As we expect a beast of an east to start early tomorrow and destroy the ocean in no time flat. Maybe the very early birders will get a line wet or catch a wave or two.

The divers will be getting in very early tomorrow for sure and we all look forward to the next Bear report from the Master Watermen website. There must be some clean patches somewhere up or down the coast for the okes to dive in.

Synoptic

More reports to follow throughout the day…

Sardines n 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 188,000 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
mydofishinglures.co.za – MYDOs for global orders

Posted on October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 by Sean Lange — Leave a comment

Another day of Cooking Waves in Durban KZN by Adam Kamdar 25 October 2024 7am

Another day of Surfing in Durban 25 October 2024 7am by Adam Kamdar

Another day of Cooking Waves in Durban KZN by Adam Kamdar 25 October 2024 7am

Another day of Cooking Waves in Durban KZN by Adam Kamdar 25 October 2024 7am: And the waves just keep rolling in!

Over to Adam with a birds-eye view of the entire scene…

Thank you Adam of Township Hyper. Click HERE to see current specials and promotions.

If you take a careful gander at the synpotic chart for today (below), you might spot the good news. Two vaste high-pressure systems are joining forces and pushing the three impending cold fronts down to the south and out of range.

We will still get the south swell. And we might get a decent puff of south wind (will be a bit sideshore). But the main takeaway is that we are in for a couple weeks of good weather!

High pressure’s are anti-rain and the ocean will have a chance to clean up after the recent downpours. The swell will also clean up and the ocean should be in great shape by Monday or so.

That’s not to say that the weekend won’t be a cracker. It’s just that the sea has taken an absolute hammering lately and needs time to recover. To clean up. To smooth out.

Durban Today

Another day of Cooking Waves in Durban KZN by Adam Kamdar 25 October 2024 7am

Fishing

However, some fish relish these off-clean conditions. Like Natal Snoek. Grunter. Kob. And even shad. Some monster shad coming out lately. All having to be released since we are out of season right now. Check back later for an epic battle between a huge shad and a huge shore break. All masterfully handled by fishing guide Alan on The Sandspit yesterday. And all on video!

Other movies in the pipeline include our latest iteration of a marine drone to carry our underwater cameras around on. Now we gonna be able to chase those garrick and kingfish when they come and make baitballs out here in front of the lodge.

The lodge, funnily enough, the Umzimkulu Marina in Sheppy, is almost completely empty this weekend! After being fully booked last weekend, we are certainly going to enjoy the quiet time. But if you feel like catching kob on live mullet and prawn, you know who to call for a close-by fishing getaway. Just an hour from Durban, come for the day. Or for the night.

More information at https://umzimkulu.co.za, https://umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za or https://thesardine.co.za. Or simply drop me (Sean) a line or a message on +27793269671 or on umzimkulu@gmail.com.

Angus Gibson Garrick in the Umzimkulu, our best recent catch in the estuary. I was asleep when I heard my name being shouted out again! Got down there just in time to help release the feisty young fish. No tag, unfortunately, the tagging kit was out to sea on a different boat.

Posted on October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 by Sean Lange — Leave a comment

Durban Surf Cooking Again by Adam Kamdar

Durban Surf Cooking Again by Adam Kamdar

Durban Surf Cooking Again by Adam Kamdar: The waves are even better looking in Durban today! And up and down the coast the light north offshore jacked the waves up just right this morning. Adam Kamdar on the scene at North Beach in got some rad video and pics. Thank you Adam!

Tomorrow is another surfing day for Durban town beaches as a stiff south-westerly starts early and blows all day. The piers love these conditions and all the waves come alive.

The neap tides are a bit odd but do facilitate calmer weather at the same time. And Saturday is the next perfect day with hardly any wind again. Actually, the perfect fishing day.

Not sure about diving as the recent rains have discoloured most stretches of coastline here in KZN. Especially down south, finding a clean patch will be tough. The water has also dropped down to 19 degrees Celsius today, not sure what caused that – an upwelling from the onshore winds, or from the melting snow on the Berg?

We will find out more tomorrow when The Bear of the Master Watermen files his spearfishing report in the afternoon.

Over to Adam…

Durban Surf Cooking Again

Thank you Adam…and for the gallery…

While you are online, maybe consider checking out the Township Hyper Facebook page. Where black November specials are already being lined up. Strictly while stocks last, watch that Facey page and strike when your favourite kit comes on special. Follow this link…

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064584376009

Join us for some estuary game fishing on the KZN South Coast in Port Shepstone. In the sunny skies before the rains come for the wet season.

https://umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za – all the fish and more.

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