June 15, 2011. Good news for KZN followers of the sardine run is that plenty of sardines have been seen by Sharks Board spotters as far up the coast as Port St Johns.
Head of Operations for the Sharks Board, Mike Anderson Reade, commented: “Conditions looking promising today with a light north easterly at present. We undertook a flight to East London yesterday; (June 14) good news is saw lots of activity north of Port St. Johns, and to the south to Umgazana, then some at Coffee Bay and also off East London still very busy down there.”
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“The activity still needs to move up to Waterfall Bluff before they come through into KZN. Water conditions in the Eastern Cape are not at all good with bad water visibility as the rivers coming down causing very dirty water so we could not see the fish, but we did spot predators working the fish, thousands of dolphin and gannets in the area.
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“Very little activity at Waterfall Bluff at this stage, so could still be a week away from the KZN coast.”
Anderson-Reade said that as a precaution they were reducing shark safety gear on the lower KZN south coast, in view of the south westerly expected with big swells this weekend.
Information for updates available on the Sardine Hotline 083 913 9495.