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Bear KZN sea report Windy weekend

Bear KZN sea report Windy weekend

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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So the Dr SW wind did bring some viz however the problem is the secondary East swell is still bumping up the sea and now with a NE on the sea, especially north coast, it’s gone washing machine inshore.

South Coast on the other hand is looking a lot better albeit a smaller secondary east swell and not much wind at the moment so not as bumpy as north coast.

I can see blue in the foam north and south coast so there is viz and the temps are okay between 25 and 26.5 degC. Current has switched to a light NS on the north and I’m sure the same will be happening on the south coast but a bit stronger lower south.

Master Louis Schourie managed to take a short right Durban Local on the boat and bagged some fish including a lovely Queen mackerel and Rocksalmon combo! Aweh. Master Alistair Jones has just got his new stealth ski and is already catching Couta off it by Warner’s. Aweh!

Saturday we have a moderate NE blowing from fairly early with a 1.8m east swell and Sunday gives way to a fresh SW Dr wind from early bells… there may be a gap early bells because the weather models battle to get the timing right on prediction starting times of offshore wind!

Low tide 7am and high at 13h20 on Saturday. Eish…boat probably best option for an early squirt! Either no1 or Aliwal for a definite dive!

Guy’s are catching Dorado out off Durban with quite a few Bonito around. Lads trawling luggs to dloti said not much happening this morning.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report National Snoek week

Bear KZN sea report National Snoek week

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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As expected with the structured swell arriving the sea cleaned up and the mackerel came on! Sunday was ballistic and this morning before the north east wind as well!

Average vis up and down the coast is no less than 4 to 5m and a lot better than that in places. Sea temps 26degc plus and perfect current (lower south coast has a heavy NS current though) with minimal swell! What more could a spearo want!

With the high temperatures in shore the mackerel (especially Queen mackerel) become lethargic and easy to approach especially when in big shoals. Find the right spot and you will be surrounded by Queen mackerel just about every second down! The snoekening has begun…

With fish we have Master Richardt with a big eye Kingfish and a Couta, Master Louis with a Wahoo and a seapike, the Bear with a decent bag of Snoek north, Domz with a lovely bag of donkey Snoek north, Darryl with a quartet of snoek north, Ashely and Gordon with decent Snoek local boat, JP and Jerone with Couta south boat and Jarred with a bus bull Dorado off Durban… Aweh everyone!

As for weather tomorrow that structured swell gives way to bang on east swell at 2m 7 seconds so probably gonna bomb the inshore along with the NE wind still blowing… however a good Dr SW wind freshens up the sea arvo into evening making for good sea conditions Thursday morning.

We have a high tide at 08h12 and a low at 14h22 tomorrow just off neeps with Halfmoon.

Peeps if you haven’t already got in for a dive…now is a good time to call in sick. Especially after the SW wind.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Dr SW wind coming

Bear KZN sea report Dr SW wind coming

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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So the big cyclone generated surf is coming to an end and it looks like Saturday Arvo and Sunday should be divable!

We have had a huge low pressure cell sitting in the southern ocean and this coupled with the low pressure cell off Madagascar has made the sea here not so appealing to say the least…plus the brown from swollen rivers after the rain we had!

As I write this the Dr SW wind is blowing in Port Sheptsone already at 15knts plus which should start us on the way to getting divable and fish able water back!

Obviously I don’t have a lot of fish information atm however Umgeni and surrounding areas are producing plenty snoek and Dorado are still being caught offshore!

Speaking of Snoek Connie from Umkomaas managed to find a quick gap between swell and brown water and bagged a tank Snoek! Aweh!

As for the weekend weather we have the SW blowing into the early morning Saturday and dropping off to nothing by midmorning with 1.9m swell running from the East still. Sunday is definitely funday with minimal wind and the swell settling down nicely to 1.7m from the south!

Now all we have to do is find some clean water hey! My advice is to head down the south coast…

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Blue Warm Clean water pushing in

Bear KZN sea report Blue Warm Clean water pushing in

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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So my prediction that it would only be a couple of hours of rain fell flat on it’s face! We had nearly 30hours of rain and sea went mud again! Meh!

However there’s supa dupa clean warm water out deep pushing in towards the coast as we speak… wether it arrives inshore local or somewhere on the south or north coast is anybody’s guess. Looks to be the closest off the southern end of the Bluff.

The sea is28degC out off Umkomaas and 27degC out off Durban as I write this with a 1knt NS current out off Umkomaas and a 1.2knt SN current off Durban.

The sea has been pretty rough today with a 2m East swell running which will drop off to 1.8m tomorrow morning and flatten out to 1.5m tomorrow arvo. There’s just about zip wind as well!

Sunday morning starts with 1.5m swell and picks up to 1.7m late arvo with a moderate NE wind fuelling it.

Fish wise I haven’t heard much this week but I’m sure the Dorado Couta and sailfish are around in numbers you just need to get out to the current line and stick it out!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report weekend weather Boss

Bear KZN sea report weekend weather Boss

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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So yes some fish did come out over the weekend and I have pic’s of Master Richardt Botes with a lekker Cape Yellowtail and Tropical tail Aweh…and Master Louis Schourie with a Daga salmon off the Bluff weekend Aweh!

Guy’s paddling at Westbrook getting Snoek, Yellowfin tuna and Bonito. Ones and two’s but there’s fish coming out even in the brown viz! Dorado are wild all the way down to Port Edward with the sea temps sitting between 25 and 26degc.

Weather was looking boss the whole week from last week’s forecast and yes we had SW Dr wind blowing yesterday which is a 15knt SE blowing now. However we have NE wind blowing tomorrow albeit light to moderate and a bit stronger on Thursday.

Damn and the sea has just started to come right again! Silver lining is we have really great weather coming up this weekend after a day of light southerly wind and calm surf so weekend should be good to go!

Current wise the reverse is booking it off Umkomaas at 1.6knt and light reverse current off the north coast. This should Swing that cleaner water our way inshore.

We do have more rain tonight but it’s only for a couple of hours. We don’t need any more precipitation! Meh!

North Coast is shot atm brown and bumpy however south coast is shaping up all that remains to be seen is if the NE wind the next two day’s doesn’t shotgun the inshore again!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report NE wind for 3 days

Bear KZN sea report NE wind for 3 days

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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Yoh that Swell and rain did a number on the viz up and down the coast and now we have east blowing at 15knts which is set to continue till Monday… Meh!

However vis was reported off the Bluff today and with the reverse current still running at half a knot off the Aliwal shoal there should be decent viz there as well.

There’s still a quarter knot reverse off Durban however this NE wind will turn it around. What’s good is temps are still 25degc up and down the coast with 26.3 degC off the Aliwal shoal.

There are fish coming out off the skis and boats with Dorado making up the bulk of the catch folowed by Couta and snoek.

Saturday we have high tides at 06h18 and 18h22 with a low tide at 12h20. So tides are lined up for early and late bells however early bells will definitely be better than late arvo tomorrow for a dive!

Guys were getting lekker waves in town this morning albeit on the smaller side at 3ft! Cave rock on the Bluff was firing okay this morning but the NE wind has smooshed it now. Saturday morning should be good for a wave as swell direction still shows from the SE at 1.9m.

Silver lining is there’s no hectic rain forecast for a bit and then weather settles down nicely before next weekend!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Rivers out and Swell Cyclone Dikeledi

Bear KZN sea report Rivers out and Swell Cyclone Dikeledi

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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So yes we had some Januworry rain whole of Sunday and Monday however some lad’s did get fish before the rain and swell.

Well done Matt on a decent Catface rockcod. Aweh. Well done Leon Peach getting a brace of Queen mackies and Scelo Cele getting 5 donkey Queen mackies down by Umzumbe on the south coast! Aweh.

Guy’s on the boats and ski’s fishing got fish as well with Couta Snoek Dorado and Yellowfin tuna making up the bulk of the catch over the weekend.

We have a moderate NE blowing today with swell at 2m and 3m on the outside. Tomorrow we have a busting SW wind picking up the swell to around 4m! This combined with the rivers coming out brown and spring tides is going to really muck up the inshore for a while… Meh!

Tides tomorrow are high at 5am and 5pm and low tide at just before 11am. Springs atm with a full moon today.

Sea temps still up around 25/26 degC however this might change as the current has switched NS today.

Yeah the follow on effects of Cyclone Dikeledi up by Moz and Madagascar is not being friendly to us KZN peeps! Double Meh!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report GT Couta Snoek

Bear KZN sea report GT Couta Snoek

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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So yes the rain came down but not by the amount predicted however quite a few rivers are out and brown water has pushed out to sea a bit but not Brown to the horizon as was expected!

Even with the deluge some chaps did manage to get some feeshies! Well done Zander and Bruce getting some double trouble with two Bus GT’s! Aweh!
Master Louis Schourie managed a decent 5kg stumpie Local! Aweh! Jerone Govender got a lovely 6kg Yellow belly rockcod! Aweh!

On the Mackie front it all seems to be happening on the north coast with Master Sean Burns getting a Croc Couta past the sharks on a boat dive! Aweh! Tyrone Byrne has got the new year fishing off to a great start with a decent Couta and a PB Snoek fishing off his ski! Aweh!

Dorado pictures I’ve left out because there’s plenty around and we have all seen plenty pics… hahahaha. But ja nee the Dorries have been wild!

Weather for the weekend is bad and good! Saturday we have a total glass off till lunchtime light when a light SE wind blows with 1.2m swell all day! This folowed by today’s SW wind will definitely make Saturday a banger day to be out on the sea!

The bad… Sunday from early bells we have a proper front onnit with SW wind blowing at speed from 3am… Meh! Swell jacks up as well and stays that way for most of next week.

Tides tomorrow are low at 8am and high tide at 2pm. So probably better to get viz report then go dive towards the high tide in the afternoon.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Astounding Conditions Wahoo Couta

Bear KZN sea report Astounding Conditions Wahoo Couta

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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Well the new year definitely brought the pearler conditions with it! Viz up and down the coast with nothing under 25degc water and current! Flat sea and just post spring tide flow fish were definitely gonna come out and I have a long list of people who got in on the action (the people who didn’t get bang babalaas new years).

We have with snoek myself with a donkey 9kg south, Leon Grobbelaar with his 1st two for the year, Leon Peach with his 1st for 2025 and Rob Welman with a 6kg Bluff. Aweh!

Dane Chittock went out to no.1 reef with Jeremiah Peake Polosub distributor and they got quality gamefish Couta Dorado Tropical tail and Blacktip Kingfish. Aweh ! Top diving… Keaton also went out on boat and got a Cape Yellowtail and a Tropical tail… Aweh!

We have Master Juggs Holtzman with a Wahoo and Master Richardt Botes with a Wahoo….no guesses where shot! Aweh

Master Louis Schourie managed to get the last two fish of 2024 with a get out in the dark dive and a decent Pompano and Grunter. Aweh!

Well I hope the NE blowing through the night isn’t going to scrub it up too much but from what I see south coast gonna be the best for a look tomorrow if you don’t mind an east bump. SW comes through Saturday night and hopefully dies early morning allowing Sunday to be funday!

Showing less swell Sunday and definitely divable on the pushing tide in the Arvo.

High tides tomorrow are 06h30 and 18h37 with low at 12h38. Sea temp off durbs 27degc on the bouy and 26.9degc on the bouy of Umkomaas.

Sea was perfect today but just about everyone saying no fish! Well you can’t have your cake and eat it… hahaha.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report MACKIE’S and warm water

Bear KZN sea report MACKIE’S and warm water

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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So yes the sea did come right over the weekend and the mackerel were around even a Marlin off the beachfront!

Well done Rudi Dutoit with a fat Snoek at Park Rynie! Aweh. As usual Bruce is on the fish pictured here with a decent Couta underwater. Aweh! Tyrone Byrne has been onnit fishing from his ski with decent summer gamefish catches including a Saily earlier in the month a this lekker GT on the weekend! Aweh!

Declan managed a decent Couta on a shoredive south coast. Aweh! Keaton managed to get in on the north coast yesterday before the banger NE pulled in and bagged a decent stringer of Snoek! Aweh!

Just on a side note please be careful around the lagoons and sea ATM the ecoli level’s are high and loads of peeps including the Bear getting the jippo guts.

Sea temps are hot hot hot at around 26 deg C south and north coast out deeper so the SW wind blowing today and tonight will Swing that inshore with the viz! The SW blows a little into the morning then things flatten out with just a light E wind in the Arvo.

We have spring tides ATM with New Moon today with high tide tomorrow at 04h40 and 16h47. Low is at 10h40.

Thursday is looking even better with light variable wind and swell at 1.4m down from the 1.8m swell predicted for tomorrow.

Anyways peeps here’s to all the best for 2025 and may you have full stringers and the wind at your back! Aweh!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Dorado Cape Yellowtail Queen mackerel Couta

Bear KZN sea report Dorado Cape Yellowtail Queen mackerel Couta

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So yes there was diving this week however strong current around and a bit of swell this morning combined with the NE wind today might muck it up but from what I’m hearing there’s viz from the Bluff and south thereof.

Plenty of Dorado around along with Shoals of Queen mackerel cruising the shallows. Yes there are Couta around but still singles in the sub 20kg range with the odd shoal sighted North Coast.

Well done Bruce having a good week again with some bus Dorado and a decent Cape Yellowtail! Aweh. Master Louis Schourie managed to get a Couta on a dive south coast! Aweh! There’s plenty Queen mackerel cruising around especially on the North Coast. Well done Dieter with a lekker stringer off the north coast this week. Aweh laatie!

We have some pretty good weather this weekend with a light NE wind blowing tomorrow and dropping off towards arvo along with the swell from 1.8m in the morning to 1.5m swell in afternoon.

The 1.5m swell continues into Sunday with a light SW wind blowing in the morning and dropping off into midday and the afternoon.

Low tide tomorrow is 13h27 and high is at 07h20 so morning’s should be good.
Just beware of the strong current atm if you are shorediving!

Sea temps are up 26 plus on the Shoal yesterday and 25.3 deg C off Durban today.

So yes get out there and get wet this weekend it should be Aweh for a swim!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Aweh weather till SUNDAY

Bear KZN sea report Aweh weather till SUNDAY

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

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So yes the weekend wasn’t great as expected and the NE wind cained it on Sunday with a proper SW wind blow directly thereafter!

However the sea has settled nicely today and we have a Dr SW wind blowing perfectly at 15knt now so things are looking up! It’s brought the sea temps back up again from 23 to 24/24.5 deg C with a SN current now onnit from Hibberdene to Zinkwazi.

Some lad’s did manage to get fish though! Well done Master Richardt finding the snoek as usual up north! Aweh! Well done Jonesy and Mr Rowan getting some Dorado on Rod yesterday at Park Rynie. Aweh! And well done lightie Adrian with a boss 7.8kg Grunter local yesterday! Aweh!

We have some great weather (besides rain all day Thursday) from tomorrow (Wednesday) right through to Sunday arvo so get your groove on and get wet this week!

As regards to viz the clean water should be coming in at anytime now with the sea temps picking up showing that Mozambique ink out deep is moving in! There was a definite blue line from Umhlanga to Westbrook this morning so ja let’s see what high tide at 05h30 tomorrow brings in.

We have a low tide at 11h30 tomorrow and a second high tide at 17h30 coming out of Springs from the weekend. A very light onshore wind in the morning switching around to a light southerly in the afternoon with a 1.7m swell running at 11 second’s from the south.

Peeps that spin from the rocks start targeting Queen mackerel. Us divers have been shooting them in the midbreak and around the backline surf especially between 1st light and 30minutes after sunrise.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Wahoo Sailfish Dorado Yellowfin tuna

Bear KZN sea report Wahoo Sailfish Dorado Yellowfin tuna

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Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers.

Yeah so the week was pretty good with viz and decent conditions around with a complete glass off on Wednesday with minimal swell. However a strong reverse current yesterday and some size swell put paid to inshore conditions today. Meh!

There are plenty Dorado around with the odd Sailfish here and there. Most of the action seemed to be local this week off Durban and the bluff. Dieter managed to shoot some Dorado around the ship anchorage and also got some decent bottom fish fishing as well including two decent Captain fine rockod at 12.5kg and 9kg! Aweh!

Master Richardt went for a boat dive off Durban and Bluff yesterday with decent viz managed to get a Wahoo and a Couta! Aweh! Robin Seiler got a quick morning before work dive at Westbrook on Wednesday on got a decent snoek, aweh!

Otherwise there are big Yellowfin tuna cruising around and I’ve included a pic of one caught up by Ballito. Fisherman unknown but well done lad…proper gas bottle! Aweh!

As for conditions this weekend we have a SW wind blowing tonight into the morning and it dies down at midmorning with no wind predicted in the Arvo. Unfortunately it does bring rather large swell through in the morning at 3.3m form the south at 12 seconds which drops off to 2.2m in the afternoon.

Sunday morning we wake up to a fresh NE wind which howls through the day picking up the swell to 3.3m 9 seconds from the East in the afternoon.

So Saturday deffos the day if you planning on getting wet this weekend. Just make sure it’s from a boat to get out to the cleaner water and through the big surf.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report SW Dr wind blowing

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers and silverfishlodge.co.za

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So yes Saturday was good diving up and down the coast with viz and warm blue sea. Then the NE blew from early on Sunday and brought with it thermocline and cold snotty water on the floor out deep.

But today we have had a perfect SW Dr wind blowing and it looks set to be an awesome day tomorrow along the KZN coast with sea temps around 24/25 degC up and down the coast.

And yes there’s viz especially down south coast and a solid 4 to 5m on the north coast out deeper. Guy’s were nailing the Dorado out off Durban this morning and one lad even got a Saily around 30kg!

Snoek are filing lower north coast if you can find viz in between the muck. I see it’s now reverse current off Umhlanga rocks so if it pushes a bit maybe that warm Moz water will push in and it will be game on!

We have low tide at 06h00 and high tide at 12h30 tomorrow with no wind in the morning and a light SW wind in the afternoon with a 1.7m swell running at 13 seconds from the south! Pearler conditions! Aweh….

As Always Dive Safe and Straight Spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report Cracker Yellowtail Couta Snoek

Bear KZN sea report Cracker Yellowtail Couta Snoek

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers and silverfish lodge.co.za .

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So yes we have had a cracker week and it looks like it’s going to be a cracker weekend!

Speaking of cracker well done Garyd on a lekker Cracker on a boat dive this week Aweh! Well done the Bear got some good Snoek, decent Indian mirror fish and a 12kg cape Yellowtail. Aweh!

Well done Master Richardt Botes with a decent Couta north. Aweh! Well done Master Louis Schourie with a Couta and jutjaw Kingfsh and Troy Eloff with a seapike and Blacktip Kingfish north. Aweh!

Well done Master Juggs Holtzman with some fat Snoek south. Aweh! Well done Dieter with a decent snoek stringer south. Aweh! Well done Dwaine diving with Dieter shooting his 1st fish ever Snoek and bottom fish nogal! Aweh! Well done Ashley with a decent Indian mirror south. Aweh!

So as you can see there are fish coming out! And we have awesome weather tomorrow morning no wind with a light NE wind in the afternoon. High tide at 07h30 and a low at 13h45. Sunday the NE has continued through the night and starts getting onnnit at midmorning.

Swell only 1.1m tomorrow morning picking up towards afternoon and building to 1.8m Sunday morning. Sea temps are 24 to 25 degC with a light reverse current north and a light NS current on the south.

There’s good viz north coast and south coast so take your pick!

As Always Dive Safe and Straight Spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report GAMEFISH filing

Bear KZN sea report GAMEFISH filing

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers and silvefishlodge.co.za .

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Hell yeah what ballistic conditions we have been having from Sunday to today and lovely warm clean water to boot! Calm flat seas with Couta, Dorado, Snoek, Sailfish and Yellowfin tuna cruising up and down the coast!

Martin Dejager had a ballistic day out to sea at Park Rynie fishing. Dorado, Skipjack tuna, GT and a Couta on the padel is absolutely astounding! Aweh well done Martin!

Today has been no different with Mackie’s cruising up and down middle to upper south coast. I’m pretty sure that Dorado are around in numbers as well. We have a light East blowing now with a light sneaky SW wind blowing tonight to early bells in the morning.

Swell is 1.2m and current is light NS ATM at 24degC. Swell tomorrow morning is 1.3m at 10 second’s from the SE with a light NE in the afternoon. High tides tomorrow are at 05h15 and 17h20 with low tide at 11h17 with a bit of movement because we are just off spring tides.

So any chance you can pull a sickie get it done because it’s gonna be ballistic till Sunday!

As Always Dive Safe and Straight Spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report MACKIE’S abound

Bear KZN sea report MACKIE’S abound

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers and silverfish lodge.co.za .

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Yeah so the SW has been onnit for the last three days and is blowing 25knts as I write this (Friday). There was some rain but not a complete drenching so just the normal inshore damage caused by wind and following swell.

North Coast looks a little brown inshore from Umhlanga to Salties however there may be viz further north. South will settle quicker after the SW and should be the goto for Saturday.

Sea temps still up and are around the 23/24 degC mark up and down the coast. Current anywhere from half to one knt reverse keeping that warm water in to the floor.

Weather for Saturday and Sunday is perfect with no wind early morning and light NE midmorning to lunch time. Absolutely perfect Mackie weather and combined with new Moon they will be feeding during the day.

Speaking of Mackie’s well done Master Sean Burns with a lekker stringer of Mackie’s on the north coast midweek! Aweh!

Tide’s for tomorrow are low at 9am and high tide at 3pm and with the swell dropping off from 2.2m to 1.6m in the afternoon this should be better than the morning. Sunday morning it’s 1.3m only so early bells and arvo would be the goto times for a hunt.

Couta, Snoek, Garrick (mostly south coast) , Brusher, Grunter, Dorado, Wahoo, Yellowfin tuna and Daga salmon are around so take your pick!

As Always Dive Safe and Straight Spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report Big Daga salmon Snoek Couta

Bear KZN sea report Big Daga salmon Snoek Couta

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers and silverfish lodge.co.za .

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So yes it was divable on the weekend and like I said with the warm water and good weather the fish came out! The NE wind put paid to flat surf and good viz though bringing washing machine and a NS current dropping sea temps a bit.

24.5 degC off Durban today down from 25.4 and 23.4 off Umkomaas from 24.4 on the weekend. Temps around 23degc on average today with a NS current up and down the coast.

Swell was 2.2m but has dropped off nicely to 1.7m now and predicted 1.6m Wednesday morning. However we have a fresh SW wind blowing from 9am Wednesday with rain and it doesn’t stop blowing for 3 day’s! Here’s hoping it doesn’t muck it up too much for the weekend!

Tide’s are heading into Springs again on the weekend with a New Moon. 07h17 is low tomorrow with a high tide at 13h30.

Yours truly went for a swim Sunday and managed to get some lekker fat Snoek! Aweh the Bear! JP launched durbs on the weekend and got a decent Green job fish and some Amber’s. Aweh! Master Richardt got a decent 15kg Garrick on a shoredive. Aweh! He got a Couta on another Dive off the boat with Master Chris who got a decent Rock salmon. Aweh lads!

Then Master Juggs went diving and showed us how it’s done with a slab Daga salmon of 29kg and a 14kg GT shoredive local! Aweh uncle!

So ja hopefully things turn out nicely for the weekend because there’s heaps of fish around (lad’s on the skis getting yft, snoek, couta and Dorado) and the weather is ballistic Saturday and Sunday!

As Always Dive Safe and Straight Spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Big Dorado in the MIDBREAK

Bear KZN sea report Big Dorado in the MIDBREAK

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers and silverfishlodge.co.za .

Online YouTube report available here…
https://youtu.be/DsWu6UIWukY?si=7qJARJg7fYeGX_f5

Jeeze man have we been having awesome weather! Flat calm morning’s and warm blue sea! South coast is looking Ballistic ATM however north coast were the Couta are is very meh and patchy ATM.

Sea is definitely warm as we can see by Connie’s bus spade fish… Aweh! And big Dorado swimming inside the backline! Aweh Ashley 9.16kg upper south coast! Queen mackerel love the warm and Graham managed to get one out of a shoal upper south coast. Aweh!

It’s currently 24.78 degc out on the Aliwal shoal and 23degc inshore up and down the coast so those summer gamefish are gonna be around in numbers this weekend.

Unfortunately we have a moderate SW wind blowing Saturday morning through to the afternoon with 1.7m swell running up from today’s 1.3m. We have Neaps ATM with a high tide at 09h30 and a low tide at 16h00.

However Sunday is gonna be funday out on the water with a 1.5m swell running and a calm morning leading into a light NE wind in the afternoon! Game on!

As Always Dive Safe and Straight Spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Bus WAHOO

Bear KZN sea report Bus WAHOO

Hi peeps and welcome to another Bear report brought to you by Mydo bait swimmers and silverfishlodge.co.za .

Online YouTube report available here…
https://youtu.be/dN7J4COHtnU?si=tPxMIOweIWao9caw

So yes the water has warmed up to proper summer temperatures! 24 to 25 degC off Umkomaas and Durban bouys.
Summer fish are coming out Dorado, Wahoo, Couta, Snoek and Yellowfin tuna!

However viz has been scarce to say the least! Guy’s dived the Shoal on the weekend and were back on the beach by 8am… only 8m viz and shakanado problems of note!

Salties area was cleaning up yesterday but the SW last night did absolutely zero to help it out! Meh!

We have a NE wind blowing tomorrow and maybe that pushing against the inshore reverse current will bring that warm 25degc Moz water inshore.

Tide’s are heading towards neaps on the weekend and low is at 12h10 and high is at 06h10 and 18h12 tomorrow.
With the NE blowing tomorrow the fish should be on the feed in the morning so go get your fish on!

There is viz though… just put petrol and cruise up to Zululand and get yourself a bus Wahoo! Well done JP on a very long Wahoo on the weekend! Aweh!

As Always Dive Safe and Straight Spears from the Bear