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7 July 2024 Sunday Sardine and Ocean Conditions RoundUp

7 July 2024 KZN Ocean Roundup by The Sardine News

7 July 2024 Sunday Sardine and Ocean Conditions RoundUp

7 July 2024 Sunday Sardine and Ocean Conditions RoundUp: this crisp Sunday morning holds promise aplenty for oceangoers as conditions reveal themselves to be quite friendly.

Sardines in the Surf Report?!

As Adam took to the sea early this morning to catch some breakfast, we crossed over to Roosta who was luckily on the beach at the time. The surf isn’t as promising as Roosta would like it. But he did show us a shoal of sardines extending for hundreds of metres on the backline off the Anerley area.

This shoal is moving north with the swell and could come within netting range as the tide drops through the morning. Becoming very low at 10:40 am. This is time to be on patrol and hunting for sardines trapped in the gulleys and channels.

Spearfishing

Another favourable looking day ahead for the spearo community. The Bear reports good water as they try to make up for lost time accumulated during all the wayward weather of the past few years.

There are snoek and garrick to shoot. A lot of kob. And the odd couda! The warm water encouraging our favourite gamefish further and further south. Where they are bound to run into the shoals of sardines coming the other way. Get full of sards. Slow down. And…

Wham!

The Transkei

Finally, we reach Transkei where Coral Bella does the Freedom O Clock update for us. From the beach at Mdumbi. Alls I can add is that it must be freezing down thataway right now!

Thanks to all the contributors to today’s sardine news roundup. It is clear from today’s report that we all can learn from each others different ocean activities. Sardines in the Surf Report?!

There are strong tides today. There will be currents and things. The ocean is not always your friend!

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 and 9 am Updates 5 July 2024 Ocean Conditions Report KZN

5 July 2024 at 7am Sardines and Conditions by The Sardine News

5 July 2024 Ocean Conditions Report KZN 7 am and 9 am updates

5 July 2024 Ocean Conditions Report KZN: Good morning and welcome to today’s Ocean Conditions Report prepared right from the beach.

9 am

This is the 9 am Report from Ajay in Mzamba in the Transkei…

7 am

And the first report of the day by Adam at 7 am this morning in Durban

Yesterday’s big buster southwest wind will have had a grand impact on the ocean conditions today. There is a rolling south swell and the morning will paint a very pretty picture.

More wind from the south all day. Getting quite feisty after noon.

Sardines

So if you are also on the hunt for sardines, things are looking quite ok. That rolling south swell is just what the sardines use to get mobile against the prevailing north-to-south Agulhas Current.

It has been an incredibly warm year for KZN water. It’s got to drop sometime soon!

Spearos

The warm water brings the couta. And the spearos are revelling in the same warm water. Here is a great story from this past week…

Complicated Couda for Louis
Ocean Conditions Report includes some spearing news today…

Plus a video report from The Bear of the Master Watermen website.

But ok stay tight to The Sardine News. We are also on the move today. We will be starting in the Umzumbe area since there was a large shoal being hammered to pieces of the Wild Coast Sun late yesterday afternoon.

Heading this way!

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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What do Dolphins eat for Breakfast? 6:30 am 1 July 2024 KZN report by Adam

What do Dolphins eat for Breakfast 1 July 2024

What do Dolphins eat for Breakfast? 6:30 am 1 July 2024 KZN report by Adam

What do Dolphins eat for Breakfast? 6:30 am 1 July 2024 KZN report by Adam: the solstice has passed and the sun is getting out of bed earlier every day. Enabling Adam and The Sardine News team to be even earlier with the Durban sardine news each day.

What do dolphins eat for Breakfast at 6h30 on the 1 July 24 by Adam Kamdar on the Durban Beachfront

Adam kicks the week off with a positive report about baitfish filling the Durban Bay area. With predators moving in and making the most of the tidy winter conditions, this morning could be a precedent for a great week of sardine-filled fun on the beach.

Enjoy the picture show…

Where are the Sardines Right Now?

There are so many shoals spread out all along this vast coastline that I don;t quite know where to start. But ok, let’s start way down south in the Mgazana area yesterday. This is hundreds of kilometres south of Durban and it will take these substantial shoals a good week or so to get to KZN. Our Ocean Safari boats were right in on the action and you can see that video in yesterdays Noon time report.

Between the Wild Coast Sun and Glenmore Beach (Port Edward in between), it was classic sardine run activity. Gannets leading the charge with dolphins, sharks and gamefish right behind them. These fish pitched up later off Margate and Manaba and are seemingly hell-bent on getting to Durban today.

As for the shoals that overshot the Durban mark, well they are scattered all over the place by the prevailing warm water. These sardines will be down deep trying to find the cold water that they are used to. As soon as some cold water pops up from the depths, the sardines caught inside it will go wherever it goes. And this could be the nearest beach to you.

Tides are Neap

The tides have turned around completely and today it is high tide at high noon. However, we are in the neap tide pattern which means the tide moves in and out a lot less than with the spring tide. There will be less current. Less shorebreak. Amazing weather in neaps.

So if you have made the journey to KZN to get in on the sardine action, today from high tide, all the way to low tide, is a great opportunity to find them trapped on the inside. Rock pools. Gulleys. Channels.

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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30 June 2024 7 AM Durban Beachfront Update by Adam

30 June 2024 Perfect Conditions Durban KZN update by Adam

30 June 2024 7 AM Durban Beachfront Update by Adam

30 June 2024 7 AM Durban Beachfront Update by Adam: over to Adam for today’s on-the-spot update broadcasted directly from the Durban Beachfront. Where it looks like it’s all happening.

Over to Adam for his comprehensive roundup and forecast for today…

Durban in the Morning

Morning guys, it’s Sunday the 30th of June 2024, time is just past 7. 30, as you can see we’ve passed a low tide just after 4am, we’ve got the incoming tide now, next high tide will be around 10. 30. Windguru shows settled conditions, very little wind, low swell, long swell period, so lovely fishing conditions.

Current wind is 10kmph. Northwest. Temperature is 17 degrees. Pressure is 102. 2 and stable. Wave net is showing water temperatures off Durban is dropping. Still a little too warm for the sardines but at least it’s in the right direction. Sardine action yesterday. There was netting at Pennington and Scottborough.

Still plenty of sardines around. Lots of shoals in the deep. Next, we’ll have our sunrise view. So these are the conditions off Durban. Beautiful settled conditions. Not much of a wave for the surfers but Lots of boats launched today. There are still about 10 boats out at the bait spot at the North Breakwater.

And I counted about 15 boats fishing at the Blue Lagoon, Virginia area. I don’t know if there’s Garrick action there, or if everyone’s trying for snook this morning, but lots of boats on the water. I’ll be heading out to sea later, and stay tuned for more updates. If we come across shoals of sardines out at sea, we’ll definitely post 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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