The Bluff In Da Morning By Da Bear #kzn #ocean #conditions
The Bluff In Da Morning By Da Bear #kzn #ocean #conditions
hi there peeps and welcome to another bear report I’m down here by Cave Rock Brighton beach uh not the 2.2 meters that was predicted uh however it does look like we got a tad of a south north current on it and it’s definitely looking like lightning at the sea last night we had a big thunderstorm lasted for hours eh I don’t think there was a hell of a lot of rain when lightning hits the sea it causes a chemical process shocks it like and it makes it very green so I had about 7 to 8 meter viz maybe even 9 meters out deep here yesterday nice warm water lots of jellies blue bottles just no fish man anyway hight tide just now and that’s in aweh from the bear and as always dive safe and straight spears
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8 May 2025 Durban Conditions Sunrise Timelapse: Another Perfect Day…
Adam Kamdar of Township Hyper in Durban has been creating pieces of art recently. With his camera! If you have been watching The Sardine News show on YouTube, you will know and appreciate what I am talking about…
The timelapses!
Not only are these magnificent efforts portraying Durban for what it is – a paradise of some sort – but they also reveal far more than we ever thought. About the ocean and atmospheric conditions at that moment. The sped-up footage betrays all that the normal pace eye can not see at all.
A big thank you to Adam. You can show your appreciation by popping over to his Township Hyper Facebook page. This is also where Adam runs the promotional side of things at the huge shop and keeps his shoppers up-to-date with relevant goings-on in and around Durban.
Click on over to TownShip Hyper on Facebook, right HERE!
And watch the report right here…
Good morning aye shot Adam that was the best most prettiest time lapse we’ve done so far Durban is paradise really is the most wondrous place okay and the ocean is absolutely marvelous today if you can go you must go boy this is the conditions that we’ve been waiting for for so long these perfect days cheese keep us alive the dreams of these days so get out there if you can alright let’s start up with the moon there’s quite a big moon 84% that’s great news for the impending possible maybe sardine embarkation up the coast so with Gary Hook reckons they gotta have a full moon this is the first full moon that’s come along since the time that we’ve been talking about sardines way too early I acknowledge that way too early that we actually studying the conditions that the sardines need to come up here and that’s why I mentioned the hot water in the beginning because that Agulhas current is screaming again that will make the counter current stronger and we’re stepping closer to the sardines bit by bit there’s hardly any waves so surfing I’m not sure about but diving and fishing you gotta go eh 18 to 24 degrees stable atmosphere 1 0 1 8 light on shore in the off light offshore in the morning and light on shore in the afternoon as per usual low tide in the morning the tides are still moving quite a lot 92 minutes that is quite a big jump and then high tide 13 forty eight and low tide in the afternoon 19:41 again rad we’ll catch you in the next report don’t forget to like and subscribe and maybe even join Ciao Ciao
Ian at The Block – 9am
Good morning Sean Good Morning everyone Ian here coming from the Port Shepstone river mouth Umzimkulu what a beautiful day today we’re on the low tides going out I think it’s the first day of spring if I’m not mistaken um so we have a pretty much of a very low tide today uh this morning and then obviously tide turning towards the afternoon lunch time as you see it’s looking quite awesome little bit of a the swell here n there but more than like an ankle tapper but the fishing conditions are superb a little bit of a offshore blowing down here at The Block at the moment believe the wind kinda gusts about 10 Ks today during the course o the day I think it’ll make much difference on the sea conditions but yeah what a lovely lovely morning here at the block there’s some guys trying their luck believe the guys got better fish here last night and so yeah hoping for a epic day today I’m here at the office Guys tight lines and have an awesome day stay safe
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Perfect Day in May: it’s on! For fishermen, surfers and divers! Small swell, hardly a breeze, sunny skies, warm water that’s almost clean…! And there are gamefish jumping all over the place.
Surfing
Durban is really small as the 1.5m south south east swell tries to wrap around the piers and get in there. There is still not much tide, just over half a metre or so.
The south and north coasts will fare better with this swell direction.
Diving
After many near misses, hopefully today we will see some shore diving from the spearos. Who have been having a great time – but only out deep! Here is the Bear Report from yesterday…
Fishing
Here we have Alan at Shelly Beach this morning, thank you Alan!
Ian Logie’s exciting report of gamefish jumping around after the freshly arrived sprats got many people out onto the rocks to try throw a spoon the distance. You need a good cast to get to the snoek but they are there right now and anyone with a farcaster is in with a throw.
Ian, yesterday…
Perfect Day in May
Sardines and Sightings
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HUGE GT at Tongaat PLUS KZN Sea Conditions: WOW what a fish! And the fishing is getting hotter and hotter all over the place. This time of the year, gamefish and others make the pilgrimage to KZN and the Eastern Cape from all over the place. In anticipation of the coming sardine run.
Thank you Adam Kamdar for the Durban timelapse…and congratulations to the stoked angler on his trophy GT…
Good morning & thank you Adam in Durban for doing another time lapse showing us clearly that the southwest is pomping pomping through it’s gonna blow it’s been blowing already it’s even rained last night here a little bit in the south coast today we’ve got a 1 0 1 6 and rising barometer so we have got a east coming later sometime anyway it’s quite cold 16 to 19 and the swell is reasonable at the moment check Durban’s cooking actually and then um later on the swell goes to south south west off the south east angle that Durban likes and check at those clouds moving thanks Adam alright we’re in Tongaat this is a funny funny clip you’re gonna enjoy this guy I’m gonna tell you as I take you through the tides quickly as high tide in the morning and low tide at lunchtime and and high tide in the evening again okay don’t forget to like and subscribe and possibly join if you wanna catch the sardines OUT! Kiki grab it grab it wait wait wait wait yeah put it put it out of the rock here pull pull pull pull you’re a big fatt boy hey yes yes yes yes yes hey oh oh oh oh oh boss boy what boss boy yes yes oh oh oh hey hey hey hey hey yes hahaha
GT Gallery
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Humpback Whales in Durban Already for Sardine Run 2025
Humpback Whales in Durban Already for Sardine Run 2025: after all the excitement of the Durban Skiboat Club Festival, we then had a brace of humpback whales enter the fray.
The following diagram I got whilst working with the erstwhile Dr. Oz Goffman, as he maps out the family trees and DNA sequences of these mighty ocean roamers. As you can see, there are distinct separate populations hanging down south. Dr. Oz knows most of these guys by name, and he has been tailing them around the southern and Indian oceans for decades.
What you can deduce from this diagram and its relevance today is that these whales do not necessarily have to go to Hermanus first to start their migration up north to Mozambique and Madagascar. Nope, they can hit the coast anywhere, coming in at a square ninety degrees to the coast.
Interestingly, Durban got them first this year! They must have been reading that Sardine News and getting way too excited way too early in the game!
Humpback Whales arriving Durban very early this 2025Durban Sunrise in April with Cold Front Clouds Looming as the Ocean RecoversHumpback Whales in Durban
These whales are on a migration up this way to give birth and nurture their young in the safety of the bland tropical waters as opposed to the predator-filled southern oceans where they normally hang out. Adults teaching their whale pups to smash the water with their fins and tails can be observed through the delightful wintertime time that the humpbacks are here for.
But they also eat sardines! Read all about that right here. Or watch the movie right here…featuring sardine aficionado Kevin Touhy right on the sardine scene down in the deep Transkei Wild Coast. Get in touch with Kevin to check in to his lovely cottages and rondavels over this coming sardine season. I am heading down there soon too!
Sardines and Sightings
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