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The Bear delivers our 8AM KZN Ocean Conditions Report this slightly choppy winter morning

The Bear delivers todays KZN Ocean Conditions Report at 8AM 15 July 2024

The Bear delivers our 8AM KZN Ocean Conditions Report this slightly choppy winter morning

The Bear delivers our 8AM KZN Ocean Conditions Report this slightly choppy winter morning: A big thank you to The Bear for delivering our KZN 8AM Ocean Conditions Report. The Bear is standing in for Adam Kamdar who has taken some well-deserved time off in the bush.

Over to The Bear…

Conditions

Are quite choppy this morning. Morning sickness as it’s known in the classics. But with the promise of a light wind from the south after lunch, today could also turn out to be a peach.

The south west wind will airbrush that ocean into perfection where it will stay the next few days of tranquility.

The water is warm and crystal clear in most places. Divers are diving! And some noteworthy catches are being made. It is a very good idea, as a fisherman, to keep tabs on these spearos. They hold all the answers. They actually see the fish and what they are up to down there.

Follow these guys at The Master Watermen website at https://masterwatermen.co.za.

Tides

As is often associated with calm weather like this, the tides are in neaps. Hardly moving much with a low co-efficient making things even calmer. This is a great time to be an ocean-goer.

Sardines

Are nowhere to be seen at the moment. However, we don’t ever lose hope because just as suddenly as the sardines dissapear, they reappear. Often right into the summer months.

Sardine Run 2024 Sightings Map

You can stay hopeful by checking through the 2024 Sardine Run Sightings Map on The Sardine News website at https://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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4 July 2024 at 7am by Adam Kamdar on the Durban Beachfront

4 July 2024 at 7am by Adam Kamdar on the Durban Beachfront

4 July 2024 at 7am by Adam Kamdar on the Durban Beachfront

4 July 2024 at 7am by Adam Kamdar on the Durban Beachfront: 4 July 2024 at 7am by Adam Kamdar on the Durban Beachfront: good morning KZN and the rest of the world. We wish you the most joyful sardine and fish-catching day today. Head south to the usual spots like Scotties and the Warner Beach area.

For now, over to Adam as he tells all…

4 July 2024 at 7am by Adam Kamdar on the Durban Beachfront

Greetings from the studio here at The Sardine News. Another wonderful KZN winter’s day as the sun comes up shining and the ocean smooth as a lake.

Buster

The threat of a buster SW has been hanging over us a few days now. But it still hasn’t arrived. Even as the weather conspirers juggle their models and predictions day to day, each morning has revealed itself in absolute south coast perfection.

Sardines

As for the sardines, well they also have been scarce. The Sardine News team traveled north and south over the previous two days. Seeing many baitballs that certainly could have been sardines. But we just couldn’t get close to them as they skirted the backline and stayed well out of reach.

Waves

The big south winter swells of June and July have been noticeably absent so far. One or two bigger days gave in fast to the smaller more direct swells coming out of the east.

Diving

It is high spearo paradise and these guys have taken full advantage of the clear conditions. Thriving gamefish. Which almost makes up for the doldrums of the past few floods.

Ocean safari and scoobies will also be making the most of the cetaceans and predators hammering at the wayward sardines.

Like, subscribe, follow to never miss a single sardine.

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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8am 3 July 2024 Sardines and Conditions Report for KZN

8am 3 July 2024 Sardines and Conditions Report for KZN

8am 3 July 2024 Sardines and Conditions Report for KZN

8am 3 July 2024 Sardines and Conditions Report for KZN: thank you for tuning in and here be your early Wednesday morning Sardines and Conditions Report for KZN.

8am 3 July 2024 Sardines and Conditions Report for KZN

8am 3 July 2024 Sardines and Conditions Report for KZN

The stable weather and sea conditions continue through the neap tide cycle as reported today. Right from the ocean. Adam and Nigel are out there catching delicious Natal Snoek right now!

Nigel with his first fish from this idyllic KZN Winter morning off the Blue Lagoon.

Sardines’

Are very hard to find right now. We scoured out every beach and vay from Mzamba in the Transkei all the way to Port Shepstone. We saw many sardines. But way out to sea. Where the dolphins and other predators were simply gorging themselves on the confused and exhausted sardines.

These sardines still don’t know where they went wrong and are just forging ahead in the hopes of breaking through into the sardine Eden. Like the rest of the population who went the right way. Up the West Coast. To spawn and breed and repopulate.

Shad

The shad are distracted by these wayward sardines that refuse to come close. And they are also out there chasing the shoals. Making for some very frustrated mombakkies looking fisherfolk up and down the coast.

At least the beaches stay clean when the shad fishermen aren’t trashing the places.

Garrick

The Master Watermen website has shown some outsized garrick falling to the spear. On average, they certainly seem to be bigger this year so far. However, some real small ones are also being caught and kept. Which is not going to work for next year’s garrick visit. And another reminder that the bag limit is 2 per person.

Kob

There are kob of all sizes lurking everywhere, mainly in the shallows. Wherever shad were biting in the daytime, you will find kob there in the night time.

We also caught this lovely pan-sized koblet in the Umzimkulu Estuary this week. By Wouter and caught on a lure.

Conditions

Are going to continue to ve excellent. And this cold front that has been promised to us will hopefully be on time tomorrow. And will airbrush the ocean into perfection all over again. And the cycle continues.

All we really need, is some cold water!

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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7 AM KZN Sea Conditions Report 2 July 2024 by Adam Kamdar

2 July Sea Conditions Report by Adam Kamdar 2 July 2024

7 AM KZN Sea Conditions Report 2 July 2024 by Adam Kamdar

7 AM KZN Sea Conditions Report 2 July 2024 by Adam Kamdar: a big good morning and a thank you to Adam Kamdar of Township Hyper for delivering the sea conditions report for us today.

?Good morning, Durban. It’s 2nd of July, Tuesday, 7 a. m. The sun is coming up and it coincides with today’s low tide. The next high tide will be at around 1 p. m. Windguru shows northeasterly winds for the afternoon, two meter swells. A very short wave period, so that’ll make the sea quite choppy today. Wind speed at the moment is 11 kilometers per hour from the north, and the air temperature is 17 degrees.

Pressure is stable at 1022. Sea temperature is around 21 degrees, still too warm in Durban. There was action along the south coast from Waterbeach area, Kingsborough area, but the sardines are still finding it too warm to reach Durban. Next, we’ll have your sunrise view.

As predicted, a little bit choppy today. You can feel the winds picking up. It will freshen in the afternoon. Make it even more bumpy. Forgive the hoarse voice. We had lots of fun out at sea yesterday. Driving amongst the sugar mackerel shoals and catching some nice fish at, uh, number one, some bonnies and a nice yellow-edged rock cod.

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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20 June 2024 7 AM Sardine Run Report KZN by Adam Kamdar in Durban

20 June 2024 7 AM Sardine Run Report KZN b? Adam Kamdar in Durban

20 June 2024 7 AM Sardine Run Report KZN by Adam Kamdar in Durban

20 June 2024 7 AM Sardine Run Report KZN by Adam Kamdar in Durban: Adam Kamdar of Township Hyper kicks this lovely KZN Winters day off to a great start. With this cool report from the Durban Beachfront where Adam erpots incredibly good sardine and fishing conditions.

Enjoy the report and thank you Adam!

Adam Kamdar Sardine Run Report

Sardines Today?

The further south from Durban you travel today, the colder the water will get. It is actually around 23 degrees in the Durban Bay so you don’t even need a wetsuit to go surfing. But sardines don’t do warm water at all.

This means that the further south you travel in search of sardines, the more likely your chances are of finding them. From Amanzimtoti all the way to Port Edward is a vaste piece of coastline to be patrolling on a day like today. But these fish have a collective mind of their own and when they decide to hit the beach they do.

Use the Sardine Sightings Map for 2024 to gauge the movement of the shoals and what is going on with the conditions.

Like and Subscribe to our YouTube Channel where The Sardine News always breaks first.

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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