South West Winds All Day Today 3 Nov 24 by Adam Kamdar in Durban

South West Winds All Day Today 3 Nov 24 by Adam Kamdar in Durban

South West Winds All Day Today 3 Nov 24 by Adam Kamdar in Durban: It’s rare that the south-west wind blows gently all day in KZN. Today seems to be one of those gems—except that the wind is going to gust in later in the afternoon.

Over to Adam on the beach in Durban…

Synoptic

This wind is a pre-runner to the big south west winds that are gonna blow hard here in KZN for the next few days. The cold front causing all the upset put its foot to the floor and accelerated across the country to arrive here a good 24 hours earlier than predicted by the weather models.

So we end up with many low-pressure systems floating about the country. And two massive high pressure systems hemming it all in and focusing all that energy in kZN over the next few days.

All the way into Wednesday and even Thursday. By Thursday the full effect of the cold front on the ocean will be apparent. In the form of a monster open ocean swell reaching almost 5 meters. Luckily it is directly from the south and so should roll past without causing too much concern for inshore ocean users.

Overcast

The entire week looks to be sporting typical KZN Natal summer weather. Humid and hot. Day after day. It can’t really get too cold anymore so we just gonna have to deal with a lot of wind.

Surfing

Great surfing conditions for Durban’s many surf spots in town. In the earlier part of the day, both north and south coast will be firing too as the tide drops and the offshore blows it all smooth.

Fishing

The stable pressure period we have just been through has been wonderful for the fishing. It is still a winter gamefish type scene with kob, garrick, yellowtail and kingfish making up most of the headline catches.

Some really big kob again!

Diving

Sure hoping that the spearos can get in today and tell us what else is going on down below the surface.

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