South Africa Spearfishing National’s 2026 Durban results

Well the Nationals went forward last week and they managed to get all three dive day’s in Monday through to Wednesday with some great weather conditions.

South Coast diver Carl Werner managed to pip everyone on Monday with 10 fish weighed in getting himself 100 percent for day one dived down in the Warner beach zone.

On day two Garryd Ensor Smith from the KZN north coast teams managed 10 decent fish to secure day two’s 100 percent diving the North Coast zone on Tuesday. This put him in 1st place with good placement from the day before with just Wednesday’s diving to try hold 1st place.

Day two was dived in the Bluff zone and Garryd managed to secure enough percentage to hold 1st place even with only 9 out of his ten fish counting towards day 3!

KZN Central team’s dived well and managed to take the team honours for this year’s National’s!

What was really great to see is a lot of newer divers taking part in this year’s National’s and even the ballies (Veterans) placing well in this event.

This event was hosted by PWSC (DUC) and Sponsored by Rob Allen.
The facilities at PWSC are exceptional with lots of big screens, bars and top Chow’s from the restaurant!

Thank you all for participating and a special thanks to Louis Schourie for taking on the monumental task of being weighmaster!

Check the attached pics and info for individual results from day one and two and the final results after day 3.

With 46 odd diver’s entered it was a banger event!

Well done Garryd Ensor Smith the new National spearfishing champ 🏆!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

South Africa spearfishing National’s 2026 Durban KZN

Hi peeps it’s been amazing how fast this year has gone by and here we are already with SA spearfishing National’s around the corner starting next week Monday through to Friday.

KZN has some of the best spearfishing in the country especially during peak winter season with Sardines around and the beginning of July also brings all the winter fish from the Cape.

Conditions are looking good online for Monday, Tuesday and Friday next week which will most likely be the three dive day’s (see attached itinerary).

Weigh in will be held at Point Watersports Club (DUC) starting around 14h30/15h00 on the alloted dive days, barring any hassels, so come on down and check out what the top lad’s and ladies are getting in the competition!

Only one fish per species and a 10 fish quota are allowed and must be 1kg or over gutted and gilled on the weighmasters scale per diver (and size according to KZN regulations).

Points are awarded per species and one point per kg upto 4kg per fish.
Check the KZN trial’s PDF file attached for point scoring per species.

As it stands for now these are the province’s team’s competing this year:
WP – 7 divers
SKZN – 6
Boland – 6
EP – 3
NKZN – 9
KZN – 15
Total – 46

Being local this time KZN has a strong showing as you can see! Checkout the attached pics for full team lists.

Here’s our local Durban team list:
Natal Spearfishing Team
Nationals 2026
Durban · KZN

*A – team*
Gerhard Vosloo
Alistair Jones
Bruce Brauteseth

*B – team*
Sean Burns
Gareth Brocket
Phillip Dreyer

*C – team*
JP Blumenthal
Liam Mullany
Ben Tarr

*Development – team*
Daniel Cilliers
Leon Peach
Louis Schourie

*Veterans – team*
John Girzda
Leon Grobbelaar
Chris West

Yoh! Some top local diver’s in there!

There are 3 dive area’s allotted for the competition. From Durban South breakwater to Cuttings in the South, From Cuttings to Warner beach in the South and from Peace cottage to Tongaat river mouth in the North. These will be decided on each dive day.

This is definitely going to be a Nationals to remember and best of luck 🤞 (#nobananas) to all entrants see you all at the weigh in!

As always Dive Safe and Straight Spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Big surf Couta Snoek Queenfish Cobia

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Jeeze but the gamefish have been sporadic local at the moment with the couta staying in the dirt out deep so hard to shoot however the fishermen are getting some! Cobia and Queenfish are also around with Snoek coming out middle South Coast and Zululand mainly.

Daga salmon are local with Brusher and Garrick starting to make more of an appearance as well. Shad are on the bite however mainly before sunrise and at dusk all bait sizes.

Sardines are seriously delayed at the moment because the Agulhas current is all over the place pulling the cold water out to sea as well. The Sardines move with the cold water and with inshore here staying between 22 and 24 degC they will not show up yet. Port Elizabeth side there’s action though and sporadic action off the Kei mouth.

With fish this week we have Dirk Erasmus and Chris Koen with a Queenfish and Couta fishing off Rickards bay with Allan Heydorn, Troy Eloff with a 7kg Snoek town, Russell and Dad from all4fishing with Couta and Snoek fishing off Durban, Talent Mkhezi with a Garrick Snoek combo Umzumbe, Caleb Oswald with a size yellow belly and big catface rockcod Sezela, Chris Knutsen from all4fishing with a 10.2kg Couta ski fishing North, Master Bruce Brateuseth with a decent Couta boat dive and Timothy White with a decent Cobia on a shore dive. Aweh lads lekker feeshies!

The weather this weekend is pearler! We have a southerly blowing at the moment light on the North and 20 knts on the south coast. Both Saturday and Sunday have a light offshore in the morning with a light East wind in the afternoon. Swell Saturday is around 2.3m and 2m on Sunday at 11 seconds from the South.

There’s viz middle to upper south coast however the inshore is getting washing machined by the ground swell atm. I would say there’s a dive or fishing session on! However a boat would be the best option by far!

We heading towards neap tides on Tuesday with high tide tomorrow morning at 7am and low tide at 1pm.
Sea temps are between 22 and 24 degC with Aliwal at just under 25 degC and a 1knt reverse current onnit.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Couta Couta Couta

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Well we have had epic conditions up and down the Coast with minimal swell and clean water. So guy’s have put plenty hour’s in on the water and the fish pic’s this week tell the story.

We have a moderate SW wind blowing at 20knt this afternoon which is set to settle overnight leaving us with an offshore wind tomorrow morning lifting the set’s coming in at 2m 12 second’s from the South. No wind for the rest of the day!

Sunday we have no wind until a light NE ruffles the sea after lunch. Swell starts at 1.7m 12 second’s from the South and mellows to 1.4m in the afternoon.

We have full moon Saturday night bringing in spring tides with a low at 09h15 and a high tide at 15h17.

So the main action locally is from Umdloti in the North to Umkomaas in the south for Couta and up in Zululand from Sodwana in the North to Richards bay in the south. Some shoal Couta mainly with bigger ones upto 20kg inbetween.

With fish this week we have Chris Knutsen getting a 18kg and 12kg Couta off his ski, Master Royd Williams getting Couta and half a Wahoo diving with Allan Heydorn at Richards bay, Dirk Erasmus and Allan Heydorn getting some shoal Couta Sodwana on Saturday, Paul Shannon with his 1st Garrick of the season Umdloti and Shelton Grant getting in on the Couta action off his jet ski! Well done lad’s Aweh!

Sea temps are averaging 22.5 to 23.5 degC up and down the Coast with a reverse current of around 1knt atm. This is still a little warm for the sardine run but hopefully the little fellahs will show up soon with pilot Shoals being spotted south in the Transkei.

Both Saturday and Sunday are go day’s for a dive so get those pink slips in tonight!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Sailfish Marlin Couta

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Well Sunday through to Tuesday morning the sea was tops then we had some NE wind which didn’t do the sea any favours however we had a little SW yesterday and last night which brought some viz back from Durban to Warner beach.

We have a 15knt NE wind blowing now which was predicted at 25knts so there’s hope for Saturday morning if it drops off tonight. The NE is predicted to continue through to tomorrow morning 11am when it drops off and gives way to a moderate SW wind late afternoon.

The SW wind continues into Sunday morning and drops off 9am into no wind for the rest of the day. Swell runs at an average of 1.7m for the weekend.

Sea temps are between 25 and 26.5 degC with light to moderate NS current at the moment.

With Fish this week we have Master Richardt with his 1st Saily, Danie Cilliers with a half kob, Leon Peach with his 1st Black marlin and Christopher fishing off South pier with a 10kg Couta! Aweh lads lekker feeshies!

Ja the Snoek were wild off South pier on the weekend and the action moved to Umgeni by Tuesday with thousands of Snoek gathering there.

There’s been big Yellowfin tuna around south coast around the Port Shepstone area and some decent Couta coming out between Durban and Umkomaas in the south.

Tides for Saturday are low tide at 07h21 and high tide at 13h25 today was neaps with a 30cm tidal difference.

Please don’t forget to get your entries in for the Wahoo@DUC compo organised by Master Louis Schourie set to be held on the 11th of April. There’s a t-shirt boerie roll and cool drink/beer and some decent prizes coming in. Check pic’s for details.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Couta Marlin

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Well diving and fishing have to been tough this week with a strong SN current onnit and some large swell running combined with neap tides today.

Not much viz around so live baits have been the go-to for fishing out deeps. Water temperature is still around 25 degC and the current has slacked and is turning around to a productive NS current with the NE wind blowing at 20knts this afternoon.

Couta are coming out though check out laatie Kelsea Carr fishing with dad off the ski with a new Croc Couta PB! Master Gareth Brockett again on the fish with the catch and release of a small Black marlin! Aweh peeps lekker feeshies!

We have NE wind for the next 5 days with the tide starting to head back towards Springs. Sunday morning looks like a definite gap in the wind with the swell dropping from Saturday’s 1.8m to 1.5m so get out there as it’s peak Croc Couta time!

Snoek and YFT should be around in numbers as well long as you can find the bait! I see the Snoek have traveled as far south as Umtenweni by Port Shepstone!

Wahoo @duc is holding a spearo comp 11/12 th April biggest fish wins excluding GT Billfish and Garrick. Boat and shoredive (shoredive can add the weight of their craybag to their biggest fsh weight). Details in the pic’s below 👇.

Neap tides today with low at 07h45 and high tide at 13h45 on Saturday.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report YFT Snoek Couta

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Well the diving and fishing during the week has been a little slow besides some shore anglers on the North getting some monster shad and ski fishermen getting the odd Croc Couta.

However the weekend was a different story all together with some top conditions and Mackie’s and Tuna around!

With fish this week on spear we have Heath with a 17.3kg Couta Durban, Domz with a decent stringer of Snoek south, Master Bruce Brauteseth with a decent Wahoo Umkomaas and Trent Williams with a slab 8kg snoek! Aweh lad’s!

With fish this week on the rod (All4fishing) we have Kyle with a Wahoo and Couta off Durban, Ryan Pelser with two decent snoek Anstey Bluff, Jason with a 15kg Yellow fin tuna Durban, Jandre with two bomber Snoek in 23m off Umdloti and Remo with two Snoek paddling off Durban. Aweh lads lekker feeshies!

We had a SW wind blowing today and it’s dropped off completely now and left behind a calm sea however the SN current is onnit with sea temps between 25 and 26 degree C.

North has greened up a bit with viz around 4m . Scottborough has cleaned up nicely with a few guy’s paddling for fish there this afternoon.

Saturday we have a moderate NE wind blowing looking set to startup early with swell at 1.8m and Sunday we have a light to moderate SW wind early bells giving way later to a light to moderate SE wind. Swell also around 1.8m.

We have spring tides Wednesday next week with full moon on Tuesday. Tides tomorrow are low tide at 08h18 and high tide at 14h20.

The last Natal spearfishing trials were held last weekend and I will be updating on this when the teams have been finalized next week.

Oh and crayfish season opens up on Sunday….yay!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Fish GALORE

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Well yeah as predicted the sun shone the wind was calm and the sea was crystal! And fish were definitely around!

Bad news Eckmans transport is in full swing with a blustery NE wind till late last night! Will probably be ice on the floor (thermocline) and surface temps have dropped from 27 to 24 degrees C out to sea.

Good news is after NE wind today and Thursday we have a sneaky SW wind coming through Friday and ballistic weather with minimal swell for the whole weekend!

Dart Couta have been around in huge Shoals with Tank Snoek cruising the shallows with a Smattering of better size Couta inbetween. Dorado action seems to have dropped off a little however some are still being landed inshore.

With fish this week we have Declan O’Connor with a decent Couta Rodnreel Umdloti, young Reece Jones 1st Spady, Leon Peach with a decent brace of Snoek North, Darryl MC Cormac with a snoekie in the Rush hour at umdloti weekend, Master Liam Mullaney with a Marlin and a Croc Couta boat Durban, Arrin Smit All4fishing with a Dorado off the ski Bluff, Ryan Pelser with a GT and Mirror fish fishing with newbie paddler Dylan Smit All4fishing with two Couta and a Snoek Durban, The Bear with a Tank Snoek Umhlanga, Matt with a decent Snoek haul North, Declan O’Connor with underwater shot of a decent Rock Salmon Bluff, Dominic Fourie on the snoek with a decent brace at Umhlanga and 4 next dive further north, Vesagen and Noah with Couta Stumpie and Snoek boat north and Master Philip Dreyer with 4 decent Couta and a brace of Dart couta north. Wow Aweh peeps lekker feeshies!

Peeps you have probably all heard about the boat injuring the diver up North by Ballito…Mark Wright Jnr is in fact not in a good state! Both tendons gone left and right leg, broken leg and a dinged head.

Recovery surgery etc etc is gonna cost a fortune! There’s a backabuddy page going and if you can spare please contribute as he is a Marathon runner and Diver who needs his legs especially as he is not medically insured! Here’s the link…

https://www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/help-markie-heal-get-back-to-the-life-he-loves?fbclid=IwdGRzaAPsLwpjbGNrA-wuimV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHgM_PVkwvigOHTmYG0RLrSHxqqDLUvhG9x21JiRyMzPIDg0o7BbWMu9PW-_F_aem_CBRTfkg1KD0YszXuVMo3mQ&sfnsn=scwspwa

We just off full moon and springs with high tide at 05h50/17h55 and low tide at 11h55 tomorrow.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Couta Sailfish Snoek

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Yoh what a week it has been conditions wise however fish have been sporadic and not at full tilt! It gets even better conditions wise, if you can believe it, with Saturday and Sunday being the best two pearler days we have had weekend wise in ages!

Finding the fish in the crystal viz has been difficult and what you need is current and the right line then it’s game on. Snoek have been around in one’s and two’s mainly with big Shoals of dart couta around on the Snoek line as well.

There’s viz up and down the Coast with minimal swell today and light variable current. Sea temps are sky high with an average of 26 degrees. The Shoal just went 27.2 and it’s just under 27 off the Fairway bouy.

With fish this week we have Noah Whittle with a decent bag of Snoek up north, Rowan Coleman with a shore entry Sailfish Salt rock, Greg Reilly with a decent Couta ski fishing off Scotties yesterday and Dominic Fourie with a Snoek Umdloti weekend. Aweh lad’s lekker feeshies!

Natal spearfishing trials is on for Sunday if you are interested please contact Sean Burns, Bruce Brauteseth or Louis Shourie and they will get you sorted. Good luck lads gonna be a top one!

So yeah get those pinkslips it’s a feeshie weekend!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Snoek Couta warm blue water

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Well with the summer weather all over the place it’s hard to get the timing right on a dive however if you do there’s plenty Mackie action north of Durban with decent Snoek around with the anchovies and dart to medium sized Couta around.

There’s also Yellow fin tuna and Dorado around with Cape yellowtail and Amberjack out deeps off pinnacles and wrecks. Daga salmon are also around in the same spots as the Amber’s and Tails.

Getting in early is definitely the ticket atm demonstrated here with Domz and Dieter getting in at sunrise and coming right with Snoek and a Couta! Well done lads Aweh!

The weather God’s have given us a Dr southerly wind today which seems to be cleaning up the sea nicely atm! Swell is supposed to be 2.3m however it’s around 1.5m.

Saturday we have a light to moderate NE wind predicted so early bells is the ticket especially with high tide at 07h00/19h00 and low tide at 13h00.
Swell is predicted to be 2.1m at 15sec from the south but let’s see what the morning brings.

Sunday is NE again with 2.2m swell and it’s the second day of NE so temps will drop a bit therefore early out to sea for Amber’s and Tails is the best bet.

There’s nice blue water pushing in along the coast with the southerly so there should definitely be divable water tomorrow morning!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Daga Snoek Dorado

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Well yes the brown went away and was replaced by clean warm water this week and the fish were wild! Snoek Couta and Dorado are around in numbers!

We have a SW wind blowing at 20knts north and 12knts south at the moment with sea temps around 24 to 25 degC.
Sea has greened up a bit however it should start cleaning up as it settles down towards Saturday afternoon.

Saturday morning the SW continues to blow at 12knts dropping off towards afternoon with the swell starting at 1.8m and dropping off in the afternoon to 1.5m .

Sunday we have a light to moderate NE wind blowing from midmorning into the afternoon with minimal swell at 1.3m. perfect for an early bells Mackie mission!

With fish this week we have Master Richardt Botes with an Amberjack off Durban and some decent Snoek North coast, Noah Whittle with some bomber Snoek North, Saihil with Snoek Salties, Master Liam Mullaney with a decent Daga salmon and Snoek Bluff and Glenn Van Nooten with a slab Bull Dorado of 14kg off Durban! Aweh lads top feeshies!

We heading into neaps Monday to Tuesday next week with high tide tomorrow at 08h10 /20h12 and low tide at 14h22.

Current Umkomaas is just under half a knt SN at 25 degC and off Durban 1knt SN at 24.5 degC.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Croc Couta Amberjack Dorado Sailfish

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Well conditions have been trying to come right and there have been one or two good days out on the water however 3 day’s of NE wind has milled the inshore and picked up the swell.

We have severe thunderstorm warnings for Eastern Cape tonight and south coast tomorrow and Richards bay area tomorrow night! Windy shows the system moving offshore and windguru shows zilch rain for Durban so let’s hope this one skips us!

Sea temps are averaging 22 degC up and down the Coast with temps reaching 23 degC offshore. NS current is onnit half a knt off Durban and flying on the Aliwal shoal at 1.6knt !

Ideal conditions for big Couta and Amberjack which enjoy the strong current and a solid Thermocline. There’s been Dorado and Billfish out on the Fads off Durban as well with river water inshore pulling Mirror fish and Seapike into the shallows.

With fish this week we have Declan O’Connor backline fishing with a Cape yellowtail Durban, Master Bruce and Zander getting some Mackie’s Indian mirror fish and Seapike, Jackson with a brace of decent Couta off Durban, Shaun Reid from Fishing corner SA with his 1st Croc Couta Umhlanga, Master Garreth Brockett catching some Amberjack and Daga salmon out deep and Master Richardt Botes with a 17kg Couta Durban and a Dorado off Xmas bay! Aweh lad’s lekker feeshies!

Weather for new years day we have the NE wind continuing in the morning switching to a moderate to fresh SW wind in the afternoon. Swell is chunky as well. 2 day’s of SW then the sea settles beautifully for Sunday with minimal wind and a 2m swell from the south.

Sunday is spring tides and tomorrow we have a low tide at 08h00 and high tide at 14h20.

Here’s wishing all you peeps with a Blessed 2026… Happy new year!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Croc couta

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So yes the sea did start coming right with the SW wind blowing Wednesday and Thursday however the NE wind today has scuffed that up!

We do have ballistic weather Saturday though with minimal swell! No wind in the morning and a light South wind in the afternoon. Sunday the swell jacks to 2m and the dreaded beastie Easterly picks up again and blows for 3 day’s.

Sea temps plummeted earlier in the week but the SW picked it up again with temps hovering between 22 and 24 degC up and down the Coast today.

Current is NS today so the gamefish should be onnit in the morning! Yes Couta and Yellowfin tuna are coming out and there’s some decent Crocs and gas bottles around.

With fish this week we have Timothy White with a sneaky 13kg Couta off the bluff this week and Noah Whittle with a new PB Croc couta of 24kg up at Kosi on a shore entry! Aweh lad’s lekker feeshies!

We have spring tides this weekend with new moon tonight with high tide tomorrow at 4am/4pm and low tide at 10am.

Wishing you all safe travels over this festive season!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Croc Couta Dorado Snoek

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Well the NE wind has done a number on the sea after blowing solidly the last two days. Sea was pearler the first three day’s this week and yes summer fish are coming out!

Inshore looks totally milled north coast and to a lesser degree south coast as well. Surf was cranking this morning from the east putting some hectic groundswell churning up the viz with sediment.

I see that the NE has already dropped before the SW wind on the south coast which should come through later today. The SW wind drops off during the early hours of Saturday morning and comes banging through again by afternoon.

Sunday we have an offshore wind early bells dropping off after sunrise and switching around to a light to moderate NE wind in the afternoon.

Sea temps have dropped a bit on the south coast at around 22 to 23 degC however it’s still just below 25 degC offshore by Durban. The NS current is flying ATM over 1.2knt.

With fish this week on the Rod we have Glenn Van Nooten with a decent Dorado upper south coast, Shelton Grant getting it done with a lovely brace of Dorado off Durban and Master Alistair Jones getting a Croc Couta of 27.5kg off his ski upper south coast! Aweh peeps lekker feeshies!

On the inshore guys been getting Snoek and smaller Couta shoredive and spinning from the rocks on the north coast. Shad are definitely biting when the air pressure is right as well with a couple of Grunter and Stumpies thrown in here and there as well.

Daga salmon are still on the deep marks with Black mussel cracker still present in 30m plus water.

To everyone traveling to holiday destinations please take it easy peeps as it’s hard to catch Mackerel from a hospital bed! Safe travels and aweh from the Bear!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Sailfish Couta Daga salmon Grunter

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Well yes we did have some divable conditions over the last week and fish have been coming out. Dorado and Sailie’s in the deep and Couta, Tuna and Snoek in the shallows. Grunter have been shoaling up in numbers with the odd Daga salmon inbetween.

We have ballistic weather for Sunday with a light SW wind early bells and no wind till past midday when a light NE wind picks up. Swell 1.3m from the south…wow.

However the inshore seems pretty milled after two days of NE wind which is blowing atm 10 to 18knts up and down the Coast. Bright lining is we have a DR SW wind blowing Saturday which should clean and settle the sea for Sunday!

We are on spring tides atm with full moon last night and high tide tomorrow at 04h17/16h33 and low tide at 10h30 so fish should be on the chow early morning and late afternoon.

With fish this week we have Master Philip Dreyer (@spearo_phil) with a decent brace of Grunter town, Master Bruce Brauteseth (@brucebrauteseth)with a decent Couta and Daga salmon combo North and Fishing we have Tyrone Burn with a Saily north! Aweh lad’s lekker feeshies!

Sea temps are between 24 and 25 degC today with light to moderate NS current.

So Sunday go day get those pinkslips ready!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Daga salmon Grunter blue warm water

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Shoh the rain did bring the rivers down however with the NS current flowing and the SW wind yesterday putting eddies in the current clean blue warm water has pushed in off Durban to Warner’s!

There’s a 18knt NE wind blowing though this afternoon and hopefully it doesn’t blow too late into tonight so that viz will hold off Durban for the weekend!

Current was light to moderate SN from Warner’s to Salt rock this morning but has turned around now to a light to moderate NS current.

Sea temps are up! 25 degC off the fairway bouy and Umkomaas bouy today! Inshore the temps are around 22 to 24 degC which means… Mackie’s!

Yes the Couta and Snoek are here with the warm water. Snoek are shoaling up and the Couta are singles in the 15 to 18kg range. Yellow fin tuna are definitely coming out with some gas bottles on the North coast!

With fish this week we have Dominic Fourie with a 7.5kg Blacktip kingfish Bluff shoredive, Kyle with a tank Grunter in town, Kaj with two Splitpaint parrot fish Town and Master Philip Dreyer with a decent Brusher and a 20kg Daga salmon! Aweh lads lekker feeshies!

Saturday morning the NE wind starts up again around 8am giving way to a moderate SW wind after lunch with the swell running at 1.8m.

Sunday the swell is jacked in the morning at 2.3m 9 seconds from the south with a light to moderate SW blowing.

Tide’s are at neaps with low tide at 4am and 5pm and high tide at quarter to 12pm. My best guess Saturday morning for boat and shoredive with Sunday morning boat dive if the SW comes later in the morning.

KZN trials looks like it’s on for Sunday hopefully the wind holds back and the guy’s get a good dive in!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea conditions report Sailfish Pompano Snoek

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Shoh! Insane conditions this week even with Umzimkulu and Umkomaas rivers coming out brown atm! That’s what the Couta and Snoek come here for in any case because of the bait that get’s pulled out of the rivers.

Speaking of Couta only two I heard of this week came out North coast so they are arriving just very sporadic atm. Yellow fin tuna are definitely here and good bags coming out on the south coast side off the boat.

One or two Dorado are starting to show up as well and the big shoals of Snoek shouldn’t be far behind. Sea pike are doing their usual shoaling up when the rivers come down. Brusher and Daga salmon are also still around as well both north.and south.

With fish this week we have Saihil and Gordon with a Snoek and Seapike off chain pools Umdloti, beginner Balail with his second fish ever a 2kg Grunter, laatie Kyle with his 1st Pompano 7.5kg town and the fish of the week (on the rod) Kyle Hutchinson launching Ace out at Warner’s and landing a 74kg Saily! Aweh lads lekker feeshies!

Kyle’s Saily eclipses the previous all Africa record by 10kg set in the 1960’s!
Whata catch! Yes he tried to release it however being on his own he battled and the fish died. Great eating though!

Swell has jacked and is set to stay up for the weekend with mornings having smaller swell at 2m 12s and jacking more towards low tide after 10am.

Light due East wind Saturday afternoon and light to moderate NE wind Sunday.
With the swell I would definitely say it’s a boating weekend and head out deep.

Current has been NS for a few days and is just over half a knt NS on the shoal with 24 degC water. Inshore temps are around 21 to 20 degC. There’s viz north and south however south is better atm.

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Bear KZN sea conditions report Daga salmon Snoek Garrick

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Yoh! And the sea came right this week with absolutely mint conditions today along the whole coast line! Check out the pic’s for today’s Sharks board report. Viz everywhere, light current, flat surf and nothing below 20degC!

Fish have been a bit sporadic with the majority of the action north coast gamefish wise. South there’s plenty Brusher and Daga salmon around with the odd Garrick coming through every now and then.

Snoek were sunning themselves off Umgeni river this morning so the action should be on the north coast tomorrow (Saturday).

With fish this week we have Bilal with his 1st fish ever a decent Mullet in town, Saihil with his 1st Garrick and a Snoek north, Lincoln with a brace of Garrick Bluff today and Master Louis Schourie with a Daga salmon shoredive south! Aweh lads lekker feeshies!

Saturday we have a buster NE starting up midmorning so early bells for the fish would be best. Surf stays flat for the weekend and Sunday we have a light to moderate NE blowing from early bells through to the afternoon.

Current is very light up and down the Coast with NS from middle South coast and down and light SN current North of there. Light SN current on the Aliwal shoal with sea temp at 23 degC. Absolutely magic conditions for Wahoo!

Very light SN current off the fairway bouy off Durban and sea temp of 22 degC.

So get that gear ready for the weekend because it’s game on!

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Bear KZN sea conditions report Poensie Wahoo Garrick Snoek

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Well we have had divable water the last week however today’s beasterly Easterly has put paid to that! Still blowing North coast and dropping off south coast as I write this. Swell has jacked bigtime showing 6m outside and 3m inside on the Aliwal shoal at the moment!

Yes fish have been coming out well done Jerone with a Poenise boat dive south, Timothy with his 1st Wahoo boat dive south, Gordon with a Garrick Snoek and a Grunter shore dive North, Kezley with a Poensie fishing off Durban and Ashley with a decent Garrick and big GT fishing off durban. Aweh lad’s!

Down in East London and Port Alfred the guy’s have been getting into our summer fish! Dorado Yft and Wahoo! Hopefully it bodes well for our summer fishing here in KZN .

Sea temps today are still between 21 and 22.5 degC. Current was SN however after the East it’s now NS up and down the Coast with a whopping 1.6knt here off Durban.

Saturday and Sunday with have moderate SW blowing early bells through to the afternoon with swell running between 2 and 2.4m at 7 second’s from the south.

We are off neaps now with tidal difference increasing every day. Low tide Saturday at 06h20 and 19h05 with high at 12h50.

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Bear KZN sea conditions report Calm sea Brusher Rock salmon Grunter

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Well it’s been a tough week since last week Friday diving wise with Monday being the only divable day however the sea has calmed beautifully after the SW blow early hours of this morning.

There’s a light Southerly blowing at 10knts now with swell below 1.5m! North and South coast looking really flat however clean water looks further out behind the shark nets.

North has a 1knt SN current and south has a light NS current atm. Sea temps offshore are around 23 degC so there should be some cleaner water pushing inshore as I write this.

Tomorrow morning we have a light SE wind blowing with a moderate SW wind arriving at lunch time and blowing through the night into Sunday dropping off Sunday arvo.

Swell start’s at 1.5m Saturday morning and picks up to 2.2m in the arvo with the SW wind. Sunday swell starts at 1.8m and drops off to 1.6m in the arvo as the SW wind drops off.

There’s been loads of Snoek on the Rod north of Tinley for the past week and lot’s of Brusher and some Grunter in the Durban area. Garrick have started their return run which means the Kingfish should be around in numbers as well. Yellow fin tuna Daga salmon and Geelbek are still out deeper as well.

Well done Troy Elof with a decent Rock salmon and Brusher combo beginning of the week local and also young lad Kyle also local with a tank 1st Grunter! Aweh lads!

Tides tomorrow are high at 05h03 and 17h06 and low tide at 12h07.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.