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Surf City Delivers Again by Adam Kamdar in Durban

Surf City Delivers Again by Adam Kamdar in Durban'

Surf City Delivers Again by Adam Kamdar in Durban

Surf City Delivers Again by Adam Kamdar in Durban: October and November months are not known for their propensity to bring waves worth surfing.

But this year…yoh!

And especially Durban with its spread of north-facing beaches – the waves just keep on coming! And today, the 7 November 2024, features a chunky little leftover swell from the huge seas of yesterday. Brushed clean by unseasonal offshore winds. Surfers all over the place. Kayakers. All sorts…

A sight to behold!

Over to Adam who is right there…

Thank you to Adam Kmadar of Township Hyper. Check their Black November promotions on their Facebook page right HERE.

Surfing

All the good spots will be firing today. Not just Surf City! From the high tide points to the low tide sandbanks and everything in between. The wind is gonna hold off. The ocean is glassy and smooth. The tide starts lekker high and drops to a decent low at midday.

Today’s surfing gallery shot in Durban at around 6am paints a pretty picture. Loads of ocean users getting their dose of saltwater before work or school. Summer months in the city can be so much fun. With the sun coming up so early – first light is at around or before 4:30 am these days the dawn patrol is a real thing.

We are just off the back of the spring tides with the low just reaching half a metre. Just under a metre difference between high and low today. We gonna have a nice gentle neap tide over the weekend. It’s gonna be windy though. And might even rain a tad in places.

Fishing

The backline off Durban City looks rather pleasant and the fine conditions will surely tempt a few boats out today. It is an extended garrick season after all. These fish are still around and game to take a live bait at the usual spots like the Containers and Blue Lagoon.

North and south will have bigger surf conditions which the garrick also revel in.

If you are into estuary gamefish then this is probably your last-gasp chance at getting a garrick, kingfish, perch or rock salmon this year. Luckily some of these fish stay when the water goes brown. Like perch, rock salmon and kob. But the others head back down south to where they can see better, when the rains come.

Check out Umzimkulu Adrenalin for more details.

Shad season opens in three weeks time. You can kit up for shad right here, with the all-new MYDO Shad Trace. Catch shad on a moving fillet bait – hooks up every time!

Synoptic Chart

Those big old cold fronts marching like soldiers across the southern seas look mighty impressive. But they have been held at bay by the trusty high-pressure systems that gather to ward off the bad weather that the cold fronts usually bring at this time of the year.

Without tempting fate, we are having a peachy time here without the arrival of the impending rains. Sometimes the good times last right into December, but once again, we need to refer to what happened last year. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption.

The layout of the volcano enabled a vaste amount of seawater to boil and evaporate and head straight up into the stratosphere. The highest recorded vapour injection up there ever recorded by NASA. 58,000 Olympic-size swimming pools went skyward.

And what goes up…must come down…

Sources:
https://www.nasa.gov/earth/tonga-eruption-blasted-unprecedented-amount-of-water-into-stratosphere/

As can be expected, the ANC-run municipalities here in KZN have not cleared the stormwater systems from last year’s floods. Take a drive through any little coastal village or town to see the neglect of these basic duties. If water cannot cleanly run off when it rains hard, it will flood badly.

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

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