The KZN Sharks Board carried out an statement flight to evaluate the motion of sardine shoals within the Jap Cape on 25 Might.
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Yearly from Might to July, billions of sardines migrate up South Africa’s shoreline in direction of Mozambique. This pure phenomenon has been dubbed the ‘sardine run’, and is essentially the most instagrammable scuba diving spot globally.
The latest flooding has left the shoreline waters discoloured, however visibility improved from the Msikaba space. Sardine shoals and the next observations had been famous because the Sharks Board moved by to Gap-in-the-Wall from Msikaba.
Msikaba
- 20 bottlenose dolphin heading north behind the backline
- 200 frequent dolphin one kilometre offshore
- Two humpback whales one kilometre offshore
Grosvenor
- 15 to twenty sharks 150m behind backline
- 30 gannets
Goss Level
- Seven small shoals of sardines near backline
Luphuthana
- 15 to 30 frequent dolphin one kilometre offshore
Waterfall Bluff
- Three pods of round 500 frequent dolphin
- 200 gannets
Mbotyi
- Six shoals of sardines
- 80 to 100 bottlenose dolphin
- 1000 frequent dolphins two kilometres offshore.
Manteku
- One large shoal of sardines
Black Sands
- 1000 frequent dolphin two kilometres offshore
Mntafufu
- 60 bottlenose dolphin
- 50 gannets
Poenskop
Umngazi
- 200 bottlenose dolphin one kilometre offshore.
Umngazana
- 60 scattered dolphin one kilometre offshore.
Brazen Head
The Kraal
- 200 scattered bottlenose dolphin
- 50 gannets
- 20 sardine shoals
Mpande
- A number of sardine shoals alongside backline
- 250 bottlenose dolphin
Hluleka
Mtakatye
Presley Bay
- 5 shoals of sardine
- 50 bottlenose dolphin
- 50+ gannets
Mdumbi
- 50 bottlenose dolphin
- 20 gannets
Mthatha
- 40 bottlenose dolphin one kilometre offshore
Maphuzi
Espresso Bay
- One massive shoal of sardines
Gap-in-the-Wall
- Three sardine shoals
- 150 bottlenose dolphin
These numbers are optimistic indicators that the sardines are steadily making their manner as much as KZN from the Jap Cape. The subsequent flight for statement is scheduled to happen on 2 June, ought to climate situations allow.
Image: Lakshmi Sawitri/Flickr Commons
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