East is gonna BLOW in KZN Today by Adam Kamdar in Durban
East is gonna BLOW in KZN Today by Adam Kamdar in Durban: Although these big east winds might wreck the ocean completely, they do make for really lekker summer weather. KZN is gonna bask in typical Natal summer conditions all day today. With a welcome sea breeze as the day heats up.
Over to Adam, on the spot in Durban…
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Surfing
Unless you want to go surfing of course. The waves completely break down when this wind blows. Durban in particular gets shut down fast with it’s north facing beaches. The south and north coasts are much the same although there are some places you can find a nook or cranny to hide away in. And catch some unruly waves leftover from the last few days big ocean.
Fishing
Same story…we are right at the end of the winter gamefish season. Garrick, kob, brusher and snoek still hanging around and enjoying the somewhat stable conditions we are in right now.
Nothing to report at the moment but The Bear will be checking in with his Friday weekend dive and conditions report later this afternoon.
Synoptic
Aside from an ominous-looking low pressure sneaking across the landmass from the west, we seem to be ok for weather and wind for the weekend. That low is hemmed in on both sides by 1024 grade high-pressures indicating some stability to rely on.
The next cold front will hit Cape Town tomorrow and over the weekend. So we look to be clear of moisture-rich air until that front reaches us next week. It looks to be quite a serious front with a long reach right up to the continent this time. And should arrive Wednesday or so. The little South West puff we are gonna get on Saturday afternoon is a result of the little low-pressure hanging about. This is gonna make for a magnificent Sunday.
And of course – Monday!
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.
Perfect KZN Surfing Conditions 6 November 2024 by Adam Kamdar in Durban
Perfect KZN Surfing Conditions 6 November 2024 by Adam Kamdar in Durban: Another day of surfiing perfection for KZN and the Eastern Cape. The Transkei Wild Coast must be pure magic this morning. Aswell as the some of the north and south coast spots in KZN.
Luckily we have Adam Kamdar right in the centre of our favourite surf city – Durban. Adam has a bird’s eye view of the whole scene so let’s swithch on over to Adam and watch the report…
Thank you Adam
Surfing Today
Fishing
Well, the big swell is gonna make fishing in most places and in most forms, tricky. It is true that fish like the swell big and waves breaking hard and aerating the water. But just be careful out there on days like today.
The tide will start coming back in at around midday. This would be a good time to find a hole to pop a bait into. There are still plenty of garrick hanging around so late in the year since the main rains have not pelted down on us yet.
Duarte is back from the Great Barrier Reef and has already been posting. Starting with his trilogy of experiences out off Cairns for really big fish. Click HERE to go to his website.
Sardine bait up with the MYDO Shad Trace. You can get up to 8 baits from a single sardine fishing like this.
Diving
The Bear of The Master Watermen website delivers his weekly report on Tuesdays and Fridays each week. Looking forward to today’s instalment. Once we’ve all seen that we will all know exactly what fish to be targeting.
The big rains are coming, there is no stopping them this year since we have about 20% extra moisture in the atmosphere from the Hunga Tunga volcano eruption that occurred last year. This fantastic eruption injected vaste concentrations of moisture-rich air into the skies.
And it’s got to come back down.
Realistically, and you can bear witness to this issue in the States and in Europe right now, you can expect that storms and rain could be 20% more extreme this season, which in KZN could mean an added metre or two to our normal flood levels.
Add to this the simple fact that the ANC in its pure incompetence, has not cleared the waterways of debris from last year’s floods. Literally, nothing has been done since then. I drove through Margate yesterday, on the KZN South Coast, and will tell you unequivocally, that this place is not prepared for what is coming next. Repairs, under the ANC government, take years longer than they should.
And are ineffective.
Got to start taking precautions for extra-flooding yourself, NOW!
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.
BIG Fish vs BIG Shorebreak vs BIG Alan at The Sandspit in Port Shepstone
BIG Fish vs BIG Shorebreak vs BIG Alan at The Sandspit in Port Shepstone: The Sandspit on the north side of the Umzimkulu Mouth is infamous for many things. And one of them is the absolutely monstrous shorebreak that performs there. Getting a garrick or kob or any other big fish through the dumping waves and up the steep beach is a serious challenge.
In this lekker clip we have Umzimkulu Adrenalin’s Pro Fishing Guide Alan showing us exactly how it’s done. Ace out! And what a fish! An absolute trophy but I ain’t gonna let on – watch the video to see what it was!
And then pop on over to Umzimkulu Adrenalin‘s website where you can learn about the recent fishing and catches. Ang in touch to make a booking. Come stay over. Or do a day trip. It is barely more than an hour from Durban. But the place fishes and looks just like the Wild Coast.
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.
KZN in for a Rinse – Rain for a few Days: Although the rain moved in hard at some places along the coast yesterday, it was really patchy most of the time. Almost sunny. Then a downpour. And so on…as of today, the rain is set to stay a few days longer.
Over to Adam with today’s update…
Durban
Thank you Adam!
And a little gallery…
Fishing by Sean Lange
Saturday, however, was a really good fishing day. Many little kob down here on the SKZN coast. In the estuary here at Port Shepstone. And off the beach there was fun being had too. Not sure where the big ones are hiding though. Will check with the spearos as to what is going on when they report in later.
Brusher have been featuring in the spearo reports for a good month now. And plenty anglers are popping brusher photos on the internet too. These fish will hang around for a bit longer. But will depart south again when the rains come. Get your gulley game on!
Natal Snoek are still banging about the north coast. Ideal for kayak anglers and the like. Dragging around a little well-dressed fillet bait will put you in the game. And if you are really lucky, you might get a cast in from the beach. The backline is real close in some places and with a modern rig it is within very easy reach. A little shiny spoon that can really travel is your best bet. Crank that thing!
And you might catch a garrick at the same time. Throwing a spoon over the waves anywhere you can reach clear water puts you in the garrick game too. Snoek and garrick hunt in the same shallow waters.
For more about fishing click on over to https://youtube.com/@mydotackletalk. Use the species menu above (Tackle) to kit yourself out for whatever fish you are after.
Join is here down south for some fishing and nature on https://umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za. Transkei Wild Coast adventures listing soon!
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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.
Monday More Fun Day for KZN Surfers by Adam Kamdar in Surf City
Monday More Fun Day for KZN Surfers by Adam Kamdar in Surf City: Welcome back to the sardine news. We have Adam Kamdar checking from what has turned out to be another surfing day in KZN and Durban in particular.
Over to Adam Kandar at North Beach in Surf City…
Durban
Monday More Fun Day for Surfers in KZN by Adam Kamdar on the Spot at North Beach in the famous Surf City that is Durban in South Africa.
Good time to be a surfer as the swell promises to build all day long. And reach a massive pulse tomorrow. Up to 5 meters at the crack of dawn! Obviously for this time of the year, the wind has agreed to join the party and will be cranking through at an enormous rate of knots.
SW
Gusts of up to 40 knots, which equates to like 80kmh, will punctuate the strong south-westerly tomorrow too. It looks to be at least 15 or 20 knots all day long. Only backing off on Tuesday night.
NE
The northeaster is plotting its big comeback from Wednesday morning and into Thursday all day. It’s gonna come charging in as early as it can, and will steadily build all day long reaching a maximum of about 15 knots in the afternoon.
With a low tide at 8:45am on Wednesday, that morning is going to produce the goods for any surfers who can make it out through that pounding surf. Before the NE makes it too bumpy.
And although Durban will get some SW juice that day, it will be nothing like what the south and north coasts will look like that morning. Lines to the horizon and light winds until the tide turns. As the tide turns from low to high water moving in – that’s about when the onshore NE will start to pick up. Before that, the tide will be draining fast and little offshores will spring up all over to compensate for the fast-receding water and therefore air pressure. As the tide drains, it sucks air off the land to create those regional and sporadic offshores, in the face of prevailing high pressure systems. The east ruins this quicksmart so you got to get in early as possible in these situations.
Fishing
The fishing has been excellent everywhere. Kob and garrick making up for most of the excitement. With the odd handsome brushed in between. We will see exactly what fish are about with the Bear Report coming in later today. This valuable information will be posted right here on The Sardine News at around 5pm.
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Gallery
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 185,000 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!
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.
