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Sardine Netters on Durban Beach 7am 14 July 2024 by Adam Kamdar

Sardine Netters on Durban Beach 7am 14 July 2024 by Adam Kamdar

Sardine Netters on Durban Beach 7am 14 July 2024 by Adam Kamdar

7am Late Edition 14 July 2024 Sardine Netters on Durban Beachfront: another delightful Durban Beachfront KZN Conditions and Sardine Report by Adam Kamdar of Township Hyper. With sardine netters plying their trade right on the beach in front of the paddling pools.

Adam’s vantage point gives a comprehensive technical demonstration as to how the netters operate. The completely smooth and clear water demonstrates all the components of a netting exercise clearly.

Thank you and over to Adam…

.Sardine Netters on Durban Beach 7am 14 July 2024 by Adam Kamdar

Good morning, Durban, it’s. 7:34am just after sunrise. You can see the next high tide will be at 8. 39am and the low tide after that will be at 2:46pm.

Wind guru shows southwesterly winds today, moderate. Temperatures around 20 to 22 degrees. Wind final showing northwesterly winds. Offshore wind, southwesterly wind. Tides for fishing, the major period for fishing today is very high activity, from 4. 51am to 6. 51am. That’s shown in the graph, you can see it’s an exceptional time to be fishing.

The moon phase is the first quarter so it’s neap tides at the moment. Wave nets still not giving accurate readings, um, or reliable readings, but water temperature seems to be around 21 degrees. Next, we’ll have the sunrise view. And that’s the sun rising over the Durban beaches, and I’ll pan to the right and you’ll be able to see the sardine netters are in action already.

There’s one net dropped. You can see it clearly. You can see that arc. There’s one boat on the beach and one boat, uh, on the back line. Uh, the back line boat probably is trying to round up more sardines or, or round them up in the net. Maybe just push them closer to shore. Uh, we’ve got divers in the water.

You can see them splashing there. Let’s zoom in a bit more. You can see the two divers in the nets there. Creating a commotion to chase the sardines into the bag of the net. And there you have the crew on the beach, already hauling in the first net of sardines.

So the action is here on the Durban Beachfront guys, just opposite the paddling pools. If you want to see the action, come down. And stay tuned to thesardine.co.za.

Affiliated YouTube Channels

https://youtube.com/@Brucifire – highly entertaining  surf reporting

https://youtube.com/@thesardinenews – neva miss a single  sardine

https://youtube.com/@mydotackletalk – highly technical  sport fishing

https://youtube.com/@surflaunchingsouthernafrica – getting out there safely

https://youtube.com/@waterwoes – complain here

Affiliated websites

https://umzimkulu.co.za – self-catering right on the Umzimkulu River
https://umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za –  sardine run coming up
https://thesardine.co.za – never miss a single  sardine
https://masterwatermen.co.za – news from deep down
https://brucifire.co.za –  surf and conditions reporting
https://fishbazaruto.com – your dreams are out there
https://mydofishinglures.co.za – technical  sport fishing

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South Coast to Tofo

Setting out from Pumula at 4:30am, we made Swaziland in great time. The roads are good and the Sunday traffic was minimal.

Not too many journeys feature Giraffe families along the side of the road…
Passing through Pongola into Swaziland we encountered this adult and a bunch of smaller guys a little further into the bush. Monkeys and bird life kept us entertained driving through this piece of Zululand.

Swaziland featured more cops than wildlife. But again…the traffic was quiet and soon the Goba border post came into view. Mozambique!

The Frenzy checking out the biltong shop in Pongola…

We stopped for a layover at the awesome Casa Lisa, north of Maputo. Great all round experience.

And finally made Tofo. 15 hours of driving over two days, Barry Krause of Fairwinds did a sterling job and only got speed trapped once. 1000 mets fine. Got receipt. Evidence of the recent floodwaters was everywhere especially in the Xai Xai area, but on the whole the affected places have recovered completely and life is back to normal.

Tofo Point in the morning…

March weather is just around the corner but it’s still hot as hell here. This is certainly the quitest time of the year for Mozambique. Everyone just biding time until the next holiday/season.

The fishing is very good though. Loads of couta…a few big ones. The sea alive…all kinds of baitfish in the netter’s catches. The water is 26 to 28 degrees and blue blue blue. We normally have a little sailfish run at this time…let’s see!

(above) Netters rowing past Praia da Congiana this morning…

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