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Bear KZN sea report gamefish abound conditions down

Bear KZN sea report gamefish abound conditions down

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

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Well diving has been tough during the week due to all the rivers pumping mud into the sea! However there are gamefish around. Tropical Yellowtail, Amber’s and Kingfish are shoaling up on the deeper marks as they start gathering for the sardine run. Wahoo are around especially if you get some quieter drifts in with minimal boat traffic around. Couta are shoaling in certain spots and Croc Couta are patrolling out on the 20m line.

On the inshore some Bus Snoek have been coming out around the 10kg mark and Pompano over 10kg have been shoaling up as well. Garrick have been quiet however the 1st proper cold front, which we have just had, herald’s the start of the Garrick Shoals arriving from the Cape.

Conditions this long Easter weekend are looking marginal to say the least…meh!

Saturday morning we have a light offshore switching around to a NE which builds during the day and the swell is on the larger side at 2.2m 14 seconds from the South. The NE wind picks the swell up to 2.5m in the afternoon.

Sunday morning there’s NE blowing then dropping off and switching to a light to moderate onshore with the swell running at 2.2m at 12seconds from the south.

Monday we have a light to moderate SW wind blowing with the swell down to 2m 11 seconds from the south.

Water temperatures are still between 23 and 26 degC with light to moderate reverse current. Viz was reported as 15m on the Aliwal shoal this morning. Blue line is 3km off Durban and apparently purple! Let’s hope the offshore current pushes all the brown away!

Heading into neaps on Monday with high tide Saturday at 06h30 and low tide at 12h45 tidal difference 1m.

Happy Easter peeps!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report Wahoo Couta more rain

Bear KZN sea report Wahoo Couta more rain

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

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So yeah there are definitely quality game fish around if you put in the hour’s and manage to find better clean water especially out deep!

Bad news is we have had quite a bit of rain and more is predicted for tonight and Wednesday morning…meh!
There’s a few rivers coming out down south coast however so far north not too bad albeit the water being an off green colour.

Sea temps are still up around 25 to 27degC with a SN current down till Pennington then the current switches to NS and temps are down to 23/22 degC all the way to Port Edward.

Currently raining now and there’s a light to moderate SW wind blowing. Tomorrow it blows light SW in the morning switching to SE wind after midmorning taking the swell from 1.7m to 2m 14seconds from the south.

Tides are still close to springs with a 1.6m difference. High tide tomorrow is at 05h11 and 05h16. Low tide is at 11h12.

Oh yes there are fish coming out…well done JP with two lekker Couta south coast, Troy Eloff with a lekker Pompano, Christo Muller with a Couta and snoek and Master Juggs and mate with Wahoo and a lekker Fulvie kingie boat dive Umkomaas. Aweh lads!

Here’s hoping the rain doesn’t kill it again for weeks!

As Always Dive Safe and Straight Spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Warm water Sunday best

Bear KZN sea report Warm water Sunday best

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

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So not a lot has happened from Tuesday’s report however the weather and surf has calmed down with the swell at 1.7m today from the East and a light 5knt onshore blowing now.

Current is SN on the north coast and NS from Umkomaas and down. Sea temps are lekker at an average of 25degc! Will be warmer further out to sea! Perfect Wahoo conditions for the Aliwal shoal this afternoon!

Saturday we have a light to moderate NE wind blowing all day so it will be a little bumpy out there however Sunday we have only light variable wind in the morning and NE only picking up later in the afternoon!

Swell Saturday is 1.9m from the SE at 12seconds however the NE will mush it flatter during the day. Sunday swell is around 1.6m from the East at 8 to 9 seconds… perfect for a dive!

We have spring tides this weekend with a full moon on Sunday. High tide’s Saturday are 03h40 and 15h40. Low at 09h40.

Croc Couta, Wahoo and Natal Snoek should be around in numbers and I’ve heard that big Giant Trevally are on the bite inshore as well.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report GT Tropical Yellowtail Thunderstorm warning

Bear KZN sea report GT Tropical Yellowtail Thunderstorm warning

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

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So ja we had some weather gaps over the weekend however the viz has been hard to find at the moment although there are plenty fish around.

April is Wahoo month and these speed demons should be around in numbers especially with the sea temps between 25 and 27 degC! Same goes for Croc Couta and our inshore staples like Snoek and Garrick should start making an early appearance.

I see the Tropical Yellowtail are around in numbers with some Giant Trevally thrown in for good measure. Well done Master Louis and JP with some nice Tropical Yellowtail and a lekker GT out off Durban! Aweh lads!

Bad news we have a yellow level 2 warning for thunderstorms over KZN tonight and tomorrow however it looks like it swings out to sea by Port Shepstone and makes landfall again up by Richards bay… here’s hoping it will be as predicted!

We are heading towards spring tides on the weekend and full moon with a low tomorrow at 08h22 and a high tide at 14h20. Light to moderate SW wind blowing tomorrow with the swell down from today at 1.7m 8 seconds from the East.

Viz has started showing up off the Bluff and Isipingo (thanks for the report Ginja!) starting to look nice and blue with the NE wind pushing on the sea this afternoon!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report Croc Couta Bus Wahoo

Bear KZN sea report Croc Couta Bus Wahoo

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

So yes we had good weather this week with minimal rain and the sea temps picked up nicely from Hibberdene in the south to Tugela river up North. Average temperature is around 25degc with predominantly a NS current onnit…prime Croc Couta conditions!

Viz has been on the low side but has improved upto 6 to 8m on the north coast however south of Umkomaas inshore has not been great at all.

Most of the mackerel action seems to be from Westbrook down to Umkomaas yet this could change as the sea temperature has increased further south.

Trevor Pitt @trevpitt went for a paddle off Umdloti and got himself a class fish of note! Croc Couta coming in at 35.2kg on the scales! Aweh! Kyle Richter from USC managed a Croc as well last weekend at 21.65kg on the spear! Aweh! Master Bruce not to be left out this week managed a bus Wahoo off his blue ski on the spear! Aweh!

Yoh! Some lekker fish coming out! We have marginal to good conditions this weekend before the rain Sunday night into Monday so get your game on!

We have a 20knt NE wind blowing now which blows through till Saturday morning dropping off towards afternoon with the swell dropping as well. Neap tide’s this weekend with a high at 08h10 and a low at 14h50.

Sunday morning we have an offshore wind blowing turning into a light onshore in the afternoon. However the swell jacks midmorning at 2.2m 16 seconds from the SE.

Other than the Couta and Wahoo action things are pretty quiet in the shallows with the usual kingies in the gullies and runs.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report Couta and Warm water

Bear KZN sea report Couta and Warm water

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

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https://youtu.be/0nvCBtidwHM?si=ppmlow6nSVYyo1eo

So yeah it’s been three to four days without any flooding in KZN…Aweh hahaha!

Viz is returning albeit it being 3 to 4m you can at least see fish! Water has warmed up nicely with some spots showing 26 to 27 degC!

Current in the main is SN however from Hibberdene and down there was a pumping NS current with lower temps. We have a Dr SW wind blowing atm at about 15 to 20knts and we will have a moderate to light SW Dr wind blowing Wednesday as well.

Swell gets more structure Wednesday coming in at 2m 14 second’s from the south! So go wax those stix and do some trix in the morning before the wind mushers it later in the morning.

Even in the crappy viz we’ve been having guy’s are seeing and getting Couta! Wel done Master Louis Schourie diving into the dark to get a Couta on the north coast yesterday! And well done Master Bruce getting a decent Couta in the murk on the weekend North! Well done Christo Muller getting a prize Rocksalmon at Sheffield this weekend! Aweh lad’s!

So ja if you seeing Couta in 3 to 4m viz there are plenty around! Snoek are still on the inshore and two Garrick came out over the weekend. One at Margate and one at Chain pool Umdloti. Game on peeps!

We had spring tides over the weekend and we heading towards neaps this weekend with a high tide at 06h00/18h00 and low tide at 12h00 Wednesday.

Time in the water even if it’s crappy makes you lucky! Aweh

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report Couta Snoek Rain stops tonight

Bear KZN sea report Couta Snoek Rain stops tonight.

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

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So ja famous last words last report about not too much rain! Been belting down today and looks like more tonight however I see no brown flowing out to sea as of yet!

Good news is conditions did improve and there’s blue returning to the sea again! Ballito looking really good this afternoon besides the NE chop!

Heard there was some viz south this week as well with a couple pike and Snoek around. Most of the action though is between Westbrook and Bluff in the south with quite a few Couta around and single Snoek cruising the shallows.

Temps have been on the colder side between 21 and 24degc with a light to moderate SN current in most spots besides far south coast.

We have spring tides this weekend with a new moon Saturday. High tide’s are at 03h40 and 15h45 and low at 10h00.

The NE blows through till morning and drops off Saturday arvo with the swell starting at around 2m and dropping off to 1.5m from the East in the arvo.

Sunday swell starts off at 1.5m but picks up a bit after the SW wind starts blowing around mid morning.

So Saturday arvo and Sunday morning should be your best bet for a dive or some fishing this weekend.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report NE wind for two more days

Bear KZN sea report NE wind for two more days

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

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Change of season is normally around middle of April to end of April here in KZN however all the NE wind blowing daily at the moment signals the change is here early.

So yes it’s NE wind blowing tomorrow and Sunday… MEH there goes diving over the long weekend! Happy human rights day peeps and hopefully we have clean water by next weekend,

Good news though is the Snoek have still been jumping on the backline so they haven’t gone anywhere yet! Eckmans transport is in full effect though bringing colder water from the deep inshore. 23 degC off Durban today with a half knot NS current.

We are heading into neaps this weekend with minimal tidal flow. High tide Saturday is 07h20 and low tide is at 13h42 with a tidal difference of 400mm.

Sea colour is starting to return here and there but it’s 90 percent brown town up and down the Coast inshore… MEH!

Constant NE is great for Zululand so maybe take a drive up that side and get some Mackies!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Couta Good weather coming

Bear KZN sea report Couta Good weather coming

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

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https://youtube.com/shorts/HWjfSDBKAoU?si=0ybD4lU5Mbhu3Vqo

So weekend was write off as was to be expected with the weather and rain we have had in KZN.

Today the weather changed and it’s been a fairly calm day with a light SE to Southerly wind blowing and the sea has glassed off this afternoon. Seems like at the moment you can only trust weather prediction of 48hrs or less.

That said we have NE again for the next couple of day’s and what looks like ballistic weather and conditions coming up this weekend.

Couple pics I missed in Fridays report well done Heath and Zander with some lekker Couta off salties! Zanders Croc Couta 20.7kg Aweh! And we have Garryd with a lekker Snoek Couta combo ALSO north coast Aweh!

Colour wise it’s not brown at Westbrook but deep dark green…an improvement none the less! Salties still brown same with Umhlanga rocks and Umdloti. Meh!

Tomorrow high tides are 06h00 and 18h00 with low tide at 12h00. We heading into neaps on the weekend.
Swell will still be 2m from the East at 11 seconds tomorrow morning with the NE wind picking up speed during the day.

Current has slacked off from 2 days of NS to almost offshore on the north coast this arvo. Sea temps are down a bit to around 23 to 24 degC.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Flooding Big Couta and GT

Bear KZN sea report Flooding Big Couta and GT

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

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Hey man Mr Poseidon can we please get a break from all this rain and brown sea? Small cold front coincided with moisture laden air coming down from the Cyclone up north by Moz and KZN was in the rain crosshairs once again.

Plenty rain and thunder last night into today with the majority it seems from Durban up north to Richards bay. Rivers are out (Umhlali, Tongaat and Cutting Bluff) and pushing brown water into the sea yet again… Meh!

On the brighter side the Couta have arrived en masse! From Ballito down to the Bluff decent fish were coming out this week! There are plenty Seapike around as well as Queen mackerel.

We have Alywyn having a ballistic paddle off Umdloti with two Couta and a Yellowfin tuna, Rimo and Ryan getting some Couta on dead baits paddling off the Bluff, Leon Peach shooting some Snoek up north, Colin shooting a good Snoek haul at Sheffield, Master Louis Schourie and Tim getting some Chevron Barracuda at Ballito and Allan Heydorn shooting a bus 35kg GT and 10kg Chevron Barracuda up at Richards bay! Aweh lads lekker catches!

As for sea conditions this arvo the swell has jacked bigtime and we have a blustery onshore blowing atm turning the sea upside down. Meh. Allan Heydorn says plenty rain Richards bay and swell has also jacked bigtime up there.

Saturday we have ballistic weather just some size swell from the SE at 9 seconds. Light S wind in the morning and a light onshore in the afternoon.
Swell does drop a bit towards the afternoon.

Sunday we have less swell at 2.5m from the SE at 9 seconds however the NE is going to blow hard but only from midmorning on.

Full moon and spring tides bring us a low tide at 10h30 and high at 04h30 and 16h33. Oh boy springs to spread the love mud around the sea…MEH!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Sea coming right Snoek

Bear KZN sea report Sea coming right Snoek

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

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https://youtube.com/shorts/uweL1cogOrI?si=VfisSfZ0VWBIkUu2

So…rain has been minimal and the surf has dropped! Starting to get colour on the north coast however the sea is a bit on the cold side at 22 to 23degC. Out deeper off the fairway bouy temps have started to pick up again from 22 to almost 25degc and the SN current is running at 1.6knt so it should get cleaner and warmer!

Down south coast around the Shelley beach area temps are up to 25 degC and there’s decent colour and viz pushing in! Yay!

Up in Zululand there’s viz and fish around with Master Juggs and Glenn Van Nooten making a trip up that side and getting some Snoek action! Aweh lad’s!

Tomorrow (Wednesday) we have ballistic weather with no wind in the morning and a light onshore wind in the afternoon. Swell will be 1.2m only! Tides are getting close to springs (Friday/Saturday) so there’s some movement with low at 09h22 and high tide at 15h20 tomorrow.

So ja it looks like if you want fish you have to drive a bit from Durban to get in!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Strong East swell

Bear KZN sea report Strong East swell

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

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Here’s holding thumb’s there’s been no significant rain on the coast since Tuesday but there has been rain inland in the catchment areas. Swell has been the problem with power wave’s coming from the East at 11seconds which mucks up the inshore with ground swell.

Alas the swell show’s over 1.8m again tomorrow (Saturday) from the East and today’s SW Dr wind gives way to another moderate NE wind blowing through to Sunday evening.

There’s colour showing here and there down south with north coast showing improvement up to Westbrook and from there looking pretty brown…. meh!

Heading into March proper now so the Snoek and Couta should be around in numbers with Wahoo out deeper .

Temp wise we still around that 25 degC mark most spots however temps inshore form bluff to Westbrook were a tad low this morning around 22/23 degC.

Reverse current is pushing nicely today at an average of about 1knt with strong current middle to upper south coast.

We are in neap tide’s atm with high tide at 04h07 tomorrow morning and low tide at 11h40.

Here’s hoping we get some clean water inshore soon!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Cyclone Honde

Bear KZN sea report Cyclone Honde

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

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https://youtube.com/shorts/-UkpDPqJ5zw?si=YQMqm0X14jieuvkt

And yes… unbelievably (not sure atm but ja nee) we had more rain with a hectic downpour for 12 plus hours on the weekend and it’s back to square (mud) one with the viz!

Looks like we all clear besides rain for 1 day next week…I almost don’t want to say that! Cyclone Honde is generating East swell atm and it’s going to get bigger towards Thursday at 11 seconds 2.5m from the East! It’s at 2m 10 seconds from the E today.

Honde disappears into the Southern Ocean after Thursday so things should settle down after that. Unfortunately it’s also feeding us three days of NE wind… maybe it will blow all the muck down south so PE can have some mud too! Hahaha…

Apparently there are Couta out there in the sea just way offshore where there’s no flood water and the sea is clean and blue.

We are heading towards neap tide’s on Friday with high tide at 07h00 / 19h00 and low tide at 13h00.

Oh King Neptune give us a break please pal?

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report warm water out deep

Bear KZN sea report warm water out deep

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

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So in the last report I should have kept my mouth shut! Oh boy did the rain come down for 24hrs and we had a complete reset on the sea improvement! Meh!

Rain was so hectic 5 deceased people were washed out to sea and washed up on Bluff beaches. Condolences friends and family. Bluff and cutting beaches were also absolutely littered with plastic bottles etc etc.

South coast from Margate to Durban is mud inshore today however there is decent viz on the Aliwal shoal and at 28 degC there should be some decent gamefish action around! It is reverse current though at about 1knt.

North coast up by Ballito and Sheffield has shown remarkable improvement from yesterday’s brown to colour in the wave’s today! However there’s quite a strong swell at 2m from the SE at 9 seconds. 27.5 degC and 1knt reverse current off Durban today! That blue water is coming in!

Saturday we have a light to moderate NE wind picking up speed after lunchtime with 2m swell at 10 seconds from the SE. Sunday we have pearler weather all day with light to variable wind and 2m swell from the SE at 9 seconds.

New Moon today with spring tides on Saturday with high tide at 04h48 and 16h40 and low at 10h40. Hopefully the big tidal difference brings that clean water in shallow because Crayfish season opens up tomorrow!

We have a Cyclone called Honde spinning around at the bottom end of Madagascar with a path set to end up in the southern ocean. Please let this prediction be 100 percent! No more rain please and thanks!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

The bo

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Bear KZN sea report Marlin shot Struisbaai and Great weather ahead

Bear KZN sea report Marlin shot Struisbaai and Great weather ahead

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

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So cutting straight to the punch…is the sea cleaning up? YES! North coast has improved remarkably with the SN reverse current onnit today generated by the moderate SW wind blowing atm.

I was watching Watler Bernidas live on the Shoal this morning via Facebook and viz looked decent! Rudie Dutoit was camera in hand out on the Shoal this weekend and he said viz was remarkably good!

The SW wind blows through into tomorrow and changes up this ground swell from the East we having today. However swell looks size tomorrow but it’s clean from the south at 8 seconds.

Tides tomorrow are low at 09h15 and high at 15h12 and we are heading into springs on Saturday with new moon on Friday.

Over the weekend the Southern tip Extreme spearo competition was held in Struisbaai Western Cape as a fundraiser for Master Tommy Botha.

Guy’s got some good Cape Yellowtail and Garrick. Billfish don’t count in compos however Georgie managed to stone shot a 154kg Black Marlin whilst in the compo! Stephan Dutoit took the honours with a Cape Yellowtail over 15kg. Aweh well done lads!

We have great weather till the weekend so get that gear ready… gonna be some diving!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Man Loses Arm Wrestle with Shark

Man Loses Arm Wrestle with Shark

And what do we have here? Ahah!

Flying too close to the sun we got Bruce Brauteseth out off Scottburgh south coast KZN South Africa losing an arm wrestling match with an unruly blacktip shark recently.

The two metre shark was going for a the rudimentary free lunch and Bruce was having none of it. The argument got really heated and the blacktip pulled out his razor sharp teeth and gave it to Bruce in the forearm – twice. Well, twin puncture wounds unmistakably from a tax collector gone mad. Got to fill your tax returns in Bruce! Or change your number or something!

The damage was superficial and Bruce is already back in the water looking for another blacktip to pick a fight with!

Here’s the Story from the man himself below…

Hey Guys, so some details of my incident recently. I was boat diving with 2 mates and quickly into our second drift I shot and landed a fish.

While swimming back to the boat (which was drifting pretty fast) and before I could get to it, I came across a bait ball with loads of fish and shark action on it. As my dive buddies were close to the boat which was further from me at this stage, I decided I’d slow my drift and try hang around the bait ball for longer to get another fish and wait for them to track back and pick me up.

So I sorted out the first fish getting it off my shooting line, reloaded my gun, put the first fish on my spear tip (through the mouth) as you do when you’ve got a long swim back to the boat. Long story short, loads of sharks and smaller fish had been smashing the bait and initially nothing exciting to shoot.

Eventually some quality Fulvies appeared (Kingfish/trevally), so having no better options I decided to take one. Unfortunately I didn’t stone it (on account of having a big barracuda weighing my spear tip down.) But a decent enough shot none the less.

As you know, Fulvies make alot of noise if not turned off immediately (grunting sounds). Because of the noisy struggling fish and some already frisky blacktip sharks which were already all fired up, I decided to make quick work of landing the fulvie.

Usually I don’t have too much of a hassle with the blacktip sharks around Scotties but they’ve definitely got alot more aggressive and have zero fear of spearos. Anyway I was doing a good job landing the fulvie and keeping the blacktips off, until another element was added!

All of a sudden, I saw out the corner of my eye a massive Potato bass (large spotted grouper) come flying in from the bottom, exploding for the surface to try and take one of my fish. Usually the Potato’s won’t hassle me that deep and if they do come out, they hang close mid water but this guy meant business!

If the sharks had got too hectic, I would have just let them eat the fish however now with a Potato bass in the mix, the risk was raised exponentially because they are known to grab fish and swim down not always removing the fish from the spear thus posing the risk of dragging me down if I got tangled in my line, which was all over the place because of the two fish!

Because of that, I couldn’t let him take a fish and I just had to make sure I stayed out of my gun line and kept him from grabbing one . So I prioritised my focus more on him than the sharks and gave him a good number of jabs with the barrel of my unloaded gun.

I couldn’t believe how flippen persistent he was, he just kept coming, and right to the surface, It was flippen hectic!!! Anyway, the blacktips obviously just keep coming too, but I was more worried about the Potato bass.

I’ll say it again, if it was just sharks, I would have let them take the fish. Because they’ll remove the fish from the spear and less risk of me getting tangled in lines. I couldn’t risk getting tangled. During all the commotion I did get bitten by a blacktip unfortunately.

He was definitely not trying to attack me, he wanted the fish and I got in the way fending off the Potato bass. Saying that though, after the Potato bass lost interest, the blacktip just wouldn’t (about a 2m blacktip shark) leave me alone, he kept coming at me!!!

Even when the boat arrived, he still wouldn’t leave me. Only when one of my dive buddies jumped in to help, did he finally lose interest and allow me to get back on the boat.

Wowsers Bruce! Close shave there however we are all glad you are okay and still kicking! Brass ball’s to say the least and keeping a level head with zero panic definitely saved the day!!!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

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Bear KZN sea report Flooding up and down the coast

Bear KZN sea report Flooding up and down the coast

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

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https://youtu.be/pr6cwLZejfk?si=KJw7IytgAm2-WTtn

So yes the rain’s came down in buckets, bathtubs and swimming pools! 99 percent of rivers are open and brown water is gushing into the sea! Even Mamba alley by Black rock in Scottburgh!

Thank goodness we seem to be escaping the cutoff low predicted for tonight! Only a yellow level 2 warning for thunderstorms Saturday. Gasp…

However we have neap tide’s atm which is a small blessing in disguise because there is not a lot of tidal movement to push the brown water even further out to sea!

Aliwal shoal may have some viz along with Landers and no1 reef out off Durban. So definitely only boat diving atm out deep. Colour line is sitting just inside the ships anchorage off Durban and it looks like just inside the Shoal down south coast.

Zululand is definitely an option and it looks like the Couta action is on there atm. Lloyd was kayak fishing up there recently and got some Couta off the point at Cape Vidal. Here’s a link to his YouTube channel video of the trip….
https://youtu.be/Yq5WwA-j-4g?si=MH5fy2tCCMY8wW4B

We have a size swell from the East running today at 2.5m 10 seconds so things really looking messy this arvo with a 25knt NE wind pumping now.

Saturday the NE wind continues to blow and drops off towards the afternoon with a 2.2m swell running from the East at 9 seconds. High tide is at 10h00 and low is at 16h50.

Sunday we have ballistic weather with only a light onshore wind blowing in the afternoon and swell down to 2m from the SE at 9 seconds. Head out deep on a boat for a dive… inshore will be trashed for a while!

Sea temps are still around 24/25 degC and NS current is onnit especially from Hibberdene and south thereof.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Snoek Couta Huge low pressure cell

Bear KZN sea report Snoek Couta Huge low pressure cell

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

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Well diving was tough from the shore weekend but boats did launch with varied results of Mackies and Kingfish. Monday on the other hand was a different story after the NE on Sunday.

Clean water pushed in on the north coast with just the right amount of current and warm water. Guy’s smashed the Snoek up Ballito side and one or two Couta came out!

Aweh Master Richardt with a decent Couta and Rockcod shore dive north! Aweh Morne with a lekker brace of Queen mackies up north and Aweh Leon with a decent brace of Queen mackies also North.

Richards bay seeing some action with Jaco getting some lekker Couta on Mydo bait swimmers checkout the Mydo tackle talk here… https://youtu.be/5dfFGiVxSkc

Peeps there’s a huge low pressure cell sitting in the southern ocean wirling around in cyclone fashion which will slowly be making it’s way north and east. Combine this with a low pressure moving up the coast from Cape town and you have a recipe for rain.

Yes it’s going to rain plenty tomorrow into Thursday morning. Meh. Also the low pressure cell is going to push swell for the next five day’s or so… great for surfing and not so good for diving.

Tides are heading into neaps with Halfmoon on Thursday low tomorrow is 13h00 and high is at 07h00. The NE wind predicted today hardly blew on the north and has petered out this arvo on the south coast. Which probably means that the fresh SW wind predicted for early bells blow tomorrow is going to arrive early.

Current switched on the north last night to NS current which brought the thermocline up with colder water this morning and less action mackies wise. Hopefully the fresh SW Dr wind blows that warmer water back in.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Couta and swell

Bear KZN sea report Couta and swell

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

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Well the rain swell and wind Wednesday (NE) did some damage to the conditions up and down the coast however the good news is we have decent weather this weekend albeit a bit of jacked swell.

Guy’s boat diving had decent viz south before the NE kicked in and mackies plus various other gamefish were around!

Well done Master Louis Schourie with a lekker Couta off the boat! Aweh! Troy Eloff managed to get in local and bagged a decent Ember parrot and a size scorpion rockcod! Aweh!

Peeps be careful of the scorpion rockcod spines they can cause swelling and joint pain! Hope you came right with the hot water treatment Troy!

We have warm temps form Park Rynie and up at around 25 to 26 degc with SN current and lower south coast with light to strong NS current and 23 to 22 degC water.

Swell is strong today with some ground swell from the SE at 14 seconds. It drops off a little over night however it swings from the south Saturday morning at 16 seconds 2 m plus.

Swell stays size into Sunday from the south at 13 seconds. Saturday a light SW wind blows early bells switching around to a light to moderate SE wind which fuels the swell a bit.

Sunday zero wind early bells and a NE later in the day picking up speed around 12 to 1pm which crumbles and drops the swell to 1.6m.

So ja there’s definitely action out there just be fit and swim or get a boat dive on!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

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Bear KZN sea report Big Couta and Snoek

Bear KZN sea report Big Couta and Snoek

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

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So as expected the weekend was a bit of a blow out however someone did take a ride out to no1 fishing grounds off durbs and managed to bag a size Couta! Aweh Master Richardt Botes! At 21kg it’s a decent Couta and let’s hope it herald’s the arrival of the Croc Couta in KZN.

Matthew managed to bag two Snoek this week on the north! Aweh! Heard that there was a bit of action even in the SW on Sunday by Ballito and Saltrock.

Allas the rain came down in buckets last night into early bells this morning and north is super green now plus all rivers are out with muddy flow! Just think of all those bus mackies getting a free pass…meh!

We are heading into spring tides with full moon tomorrow with a low tide at 10am and a high tide at 4pm. Spring tides are good for fishing if you have the right conditions however we have a moderate to fresh NE wind picking up 9am tomorrow morning so it better be an early bells session if you want results!

Hopefully the quick blow SW on Thursday brings it right again before weekend…

As Always Dive Safe and Straight Spears from the Bear.