Tag: wind

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…

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.

22 Days until Shad Season opens!

Township Hyper are running their Black November promotions on their Facebook Page which is available at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064584376009.

Diving

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.

2024 Sardine Map

2023 Sardine Map

2022 Sardine Map

2021 Sardine Map

Channels

Brucifire Surf Retorts – highly entertaining  surf reporting

Master Watermen – news from way down deep

The Sardine News – neva miss a single  sardine

FishBazaruto – 1000 pounds plus

MYDO Tackle Talk – highly technical  sport fishing

Surf Launching Southern Africa – getting out there safely

Water Woes – complain about your municipality here

Websites

umzimkulu.co.za – self-catering right on the Umzimkulu River
umzimkuluadrenalin.co.za –  will get you right out and onto the edge
thesardine.co.za – never miss a single sardine
masterwatermen.co.za – news from deep down
fishbazaruto.com – your dreams are out there