The “Sard’s” proper south coast barrel

 The “Sard’s” proper south coast barrel It takes many, many barrel rides, to finally get one this good, on video. Sard, well done, fantastic ride…and see you in the morning! Other than Sard’s fantastic ride today at an undisclosed faraway location, practically every surf spot on the south coast fired today. And it looks to be that … Read more

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Online again…

As of the Hibberdene ‘Couta Classic 2014 post, we can safely deduce that thesardine.co.za has been released from the ravages of DNS savagery. The errors have been tracked and the errant server has been punished. Hopefully readers and subscribers didn’t notice, but some of our posts were disappearing a day or two after being posted. … Read more

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The Real Deal

Subsistence fishermen have been working the Umzimkulu River for decades. As the condition of the river has deteriorated their lot has been reduced year after year. But there is something very noble about their ignoble existence. Targeting barbel chiefly…they also catch rock salmon (mangrove jack), grunter, perch, salmon and even gamefish like kingfish and garrick. … Read more

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Tracking Great Whites

Great White Shark Tracking Project

For a fantastically eery experience, log onto Ocean Global Shark Tracker and see what a few Great Whites are doing right now. As of yesterday, Maddox, a 2000lb monster, was casually heading into the Maputo Bay area. Brenda Fassie and Louise were cruising the coast just south of Inhambane, a bunch of whites are swimming … Read more

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