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Bear KZN sea conditions report Big surf Buster NE wind

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Well the wave’s definitely came through from the south with 2m plus sets banging the coast line most of the week up till this afternoon.

And the news get’s a little worse with a moderate to fresh NE wind blowing Saturday! However this might be just what we need to back that crunching swell off!

Sunday the NE abates a bit and by afternoon the wind drops off completely. Swell starts at were in 2.2m Saturday morning and mooshes out at 2.5m late afternoon.

Sunday the swell starts at 2.1m and drops off to 1.8m by afternoon off Durban and 1.6m down south.

Temps are around 21 degC up and down the Coast with a light SN current in most spots. We have new Moon Saturday night with spring tides Sunday to Monday with high tide Saturday at 15h15 and low tide at 09h00.

Fish wise I do not much news besides Garrick and Snoek from Durban beachfront through to Umhlanga and the usual Daga salmon and Geelbek out in the deep.

Scotties and Southbroom looking clean this afternoon with North coast looking pretty trashed besides some colour at Umdloti.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report Croc Couta Wahoo Geelbek

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Yoh! We have had some epic diving and spearfishing conditions this week with viz upto 20m in places with temps between 22 and 23 degC! However a nasty cold front was predicted with swells supposed to be nearing the 4.5m mark today!

Thank our lucky stars the swell was not listening to those predictions! Things have calmed down beautifully this afternoon with a light southerly blowing. Scottburgh is looking over lekker and I had to wait a while for a wave to check out the viz!

North coast not looking the same though with Westbrook looking the best at about 4m viz and a bit of swell. Ballito Sheffield green with swell and Umdloti and Umhlanga green as well although manageable swell there.

Fish action has been Wild on the south coast with multiple Sailfish being caught and released even heard one chap speared a 66kg Sailfish which eclipses the South African record by a fair bit! Master Gavin Nel managed to swim upto a Marlin and touch it as well as a saily on one day’s outing!

Guy’s have been getting quality Couta and Yellowfin tuna on ski’s off Scottburgh and Toti with rock and surf fishermen getting plenty Snoek, Kingfish and Garrick between Toti and Umkomaas where most of the inshore Sardine action has been happening this week.

With fish from last week we have Christo Muller with a Snoek Westbrook, Tyrone from Dive South Africa with a lekker Blacktip kingie Surf casting Toti and Kezley Fitzgerald with a decent Seapike diving south! Aweh lads!

With fish this week we have Noah Whittle with a bus Wahoo Cape Vidal, Gerald with a Geelbek Toti, The Bear with a decent Couta 18.14kg Bluff, Zander Erasmus with a class White Steenbras of just under 12kg, Master John Girzda with a new PB Croc Couta of 31kg and Master Louis Schourie with two class shore diving fish an Eelskin rockcod and a 5kg Rock salmon! Aweh lads!

Saturday we have a light offshore in the morning switching to a light to moderate NE wind in the arvo with swell starting at 1.9m and dropping off to 1.6m in the afternoon at 12 seconds from the south. Tides are high at 05h30/17h53 and low at 11h51.

Sunday has minimal light wind with swell running at 1.5m 11 seconds from the south.

Umhlanga Spearfishing club has postponed the Crayfish comp till Sunday and you can still enter tonight and tomorrow at R280.pp. Check pics for details some lekker prizes with weigh in at PWSC washbay area from 14h30 onwards.

So ja if you have time this weekend hit the water! It’s happening!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

Bear KZN sea report Big Swell Geelbek

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So the question on everyone’s lips is what’s the swell doing this weekend. We have had proper winter swell the last few days however it’s definitely dropped a bit this afternoon with a light southerly wind blowing.

Saturday however swell is predicted to jack upto 3.5m from the south at 14 seconds… power house surf! Some models showing from 3am others from early to midmorning here in Durban. I’m going with CSIR on this one showing the build up from 8am.

Sunday the swell mellows to 2.4m from the south at 13 seconds dropping off later to 1.8m! Deffos manageable! Weather is ballistic on Sunday with a NW offshore in the morning and just about zip wind thereafter! Saturday early bells we have a offshore land breeze with a light to moderate Southerly wind picking up later in the morning.

With fish today we have Tyrone from #divesouthafrica with a nice blacktip kingie on a light setup at wideham, Zayne Revel with a Half cobq and a Couta shoredive south, Raven Impie finally coming right with a decent Geelbek and bottoms Tinley, Bryan Usswald with a 20kg GT fishing at Wideham, Wesley with a decent Garrick Cuttinngs and Kobus Delport with a 6.5kg Geelbek local! Aweh lad’s!

Winter swell will bring the big winter fish with it! Sardines are still fullup on the south coast and netting took place mainly at Toti today because of the protected launch. There’s plenty action further South from Park Rynie and down to Port Edward where there’s a 2km shoal of them swimming up north!

Sea temps 21 degC north coast with a 1knt SN current pushing which might hopefully take the green away and give us some blue water again. Scottburgh is looking mint and the Aliwal shoal should be clean with a reverse current.

So yeah it’s a diving and fishing weekend! Aweh!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report Bus Cobia Couta Wahoo Snoek Daga salmon Red steenbras

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So as I said in Friday last week’s report diving was incredible this past long weekend! Especially on the south coast as it had cleaned up nicely after the big swell and rain!

Clean water flat surf and gamefish and bottom fish flocking to wherever the Sardines arrived in the shallows! Guy’s were even getting Slinger in the midbreak! Those Sardines pull everything like a magnet however when they are gone they take the fish with them!

We have myself the Bear getting a consolation prize of a decent Yellow belly Rockcod Bluff, Wesley with a Geelbek and a 24kg Croc Couta Lincoln with decent Rubber lips a Garrick and a snoek Bluff, Master Louis Schourie saying hi to a 3.5m Great White shark and still getting a decent Couta Scottburgh, Gordon with a decent species bag of fish Snoek Springer and bottom fish Umgababa, Rowan fishing off his Ski picking up a huuuge 40kg Cobia amongst the Sardines Park Rynie, Troy Elof with a size Rock salmon 5kg Town, Master John Girzda and crew finding the Mackies on a boat dive, Gordon Leon and Leon with Half kob Red steenbras and Garrick south coast, Ben Tarr with a fat Daga salmon boat dive, Tanya Nadauld with a decent Wahoo boat dive, Caleb with a nice brace of Garrick Warner’s and last but not least laatie Kyle getting in the game with a Decent Yellow belly and a snoek! Yowzers no place like KZN in winter! Aweh everyone well done!

We have a SW wind onnit today and the super flat conditions are out the window for a while as the surf picks up to 3m tomorrow morning with a light offshore in the morning and a poison SE wind in the afternoon.

South was nice and clean this morning including Bluff however it looks like the reverse current plus chop are greening it up a bit. Westbrook looked pearler this morning and I’ve heard that there was mackie action that side on the weekend.

SARDINES are still being netted especially between Toti and umgababa today and Kevin from Qora in the Tkei recons there’s a massive shoal still on it’s way up to KZN! Action ain’t over yet!

We are at neap tide’s with the moon at half with low tide tomorrow at 03h30 and 15h43 and high tide at 09h30.

Swell continues for a few days so it looks like boat diving will prevail!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report Blue water South SARDINES

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Well peeps after all the waves, rain and wind this week it was all doom n gloom for diving for a while however today’s little NE wind has pulled that sea right! Very lekker colour on the upper to middle south coast! And the swell is now down on the south but still up a bit on the north coast!

North coast is not ayoba viz wise ATM so head south for guaranteed diving water!

SARDINES have been feral from Port Shepstone to Bazley on the south coast today with plenty crates coming out! They should be moving North thereof tomorrow and Sunday…big shoals have also been spotted heading north further south of Port Shepstone!

On the spearfishing front Master Juggs Holtzman managed a decent Garrick on Friday which just missed the Friday report deadline! Aweh uncle!

Fishing wise the guys are catching plenty with the Sardines! Blacktip Kingfish, GT’s, Half kob (Square tail), Snoek and Garrick! Deep sea guy’s are getting Half kob, Rockcod and the odd Couta.

Weather this weekend looks boss south coast with a little more wind Durban and surrounding areas. Offshore in the morning with it switching to light to moderate NE wind in the afternoons. Swell is minimal tomorrow at 1.4m with the afternoon NE picking it up a bit to start at 1.7m Sunday morning.

We are just off Spring tides this weekend with High tide on Saturday at 05h15/17h45 and low tide 11h30. Sea temps upper South coast are around 22 to 23degC.

Aaah yes on Tuesdays report I made a small error with the South African National spearfishing competition! It’s not this year July but next year July! So plenty of time to get selected etc etc. Ashley Paul is in charge of North coast and anywhere else in KZN Alistair Jones is the guy! Drop me a message and I can get you the relevant contact details!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

Bear KZN sea report Sardines Croc Couta Daga salmon Mega wind

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I am writing this from an extremely windy Durban. A huge cutoff low has moved up from the Cape province and is battering our coastline at a healthy 25 to 30knts!

Luckily we seem to have dodged the bullet with the precipitation for once! However lower south coast and Transkei had quite a bit of rain overnight and earlier this morning with over 160mm recorded by Kevin down in southern Transkei!

Swell is still down locally and not the 4m plus predicted as yet with southern Transkei being battered this morning by 3 m swell. Current as we all probably know is flying SN atm. Sea temps are down with North coast under 21 degC and South coast going as low as 19 degC in spots lower down.

We have a full moon today with spring tides so whatch out for shore damage especially around the high tide at 15h30 today and tomorrow at 16h00. Low is at 09h53 tomorrow morning.

So what’s been happening fish wise? There are plenty Couta around with Crocs inbetween, Snoek and Garrick patrolling the shallows with various Kingfish species coming out as well Daga salmon now making an appearance inshore with all the Sardine activity.

Well done Lincoln with a 5.7kg yellow belly Rockcod Bluff, Gordon with a Garrick Bluff, Leon Peach and Leon Groblaar with Garrick plus bottom fish Isipingo, Noah Whittle with a nice combo Daga salmon and Couta, Kezley Fitzgerald with a decent Snoek Bluff, Keaton Master Liam and Kezley with Couta Bluff, Zander Erasmus and Master Richardt with a slab Cape tail and Croc Couta! Aweh peeps top diving!

SAUFF spearfishing Nationals are set to be held in Durban this year coming up now in July from the 5th to the 11th of July… with all these trophy fish around it looks set to be a banger event! Check pics for official poster. Master Sean Burns can be contacted for further details.

SARDINES have been wild up and down the Coast and the guys even got 40 Crates out this morning in these horrible conditions at Umgababa! We have excellent weather from Friday onwards so there’s still plenty of action to come!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report SARDINES Croc Couta Wahoo Cobia

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Well Sardines have been rampant on the south coast all the way from Port Edward to Bluff near Durban. Swell has been tough south however the guy’s still pulled some proper nets of Sardines!

If you want to go down Sardine hunting this weekend I would start in the Toti Warner beach area at around 8am. Just remember to guard your valuables in the parking and to give the netters space to work. If there’s good hauls they will always put a couple of crates aside for bystanders to get some as well!

We have some great weather this weekend and the swell is minimal, 1.4m Saturday and 1.6m on Sunday, with offshore wind in the morning. Saturday arvo a light onshore blows and Sunday a light to moderate SW wind blows from around 10am.

South coast was looking ultra flat and lekker this afternoon from the east bumped mess it was this morning. North coast is also flat however not much viz around at 2 to 3m . South has viz around the 5m mark and the Aliwal shoal was NS current today 12 to 15m viz.

Sea temps are around 21 degC dropping to 19 degC lower south coast.

Fish wise there’s plenty sharks with the Sardines middle to lower south coast and Snoek, Kingfish species and Garrick north thereof.

Offshore is a different story! Henko Roukema is up at Vidal and reports that there’s 8 to 10m viz with some trophy fish around. Well done Henko on a bus Prodigal/Cobia and a lekker Croc Couta and Henno Lubbe in the water with a decent Wahoo! Aweh lads.

Local KZN last week Master Liam Mullaney managed to get himself a proper Croc Couta on the north coast! Aweh!

Top diver of the moment is Zayne Revel hitting two boat dives on the weekend on the South coast and getting 3 Wahoo and a Couta on Saturday and Sunday another Wahoo! Top diving Zayno Aweh Aweh Aweh!

So as you can see there’s plenty reasons to get wet this weekend!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear

Bear KZN sea report SARDINES Croc Couta Garrick

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And then the Sardines arrived! Damn I was only 2days off with my prediction of 2nd to 3rd of June! All the action started down at Port Edward with netting on Saturday last weekend and then the action spread up the coast rapidly during the last 3 days and today there were Sardines off the Bluff and in the Durban bay!

Wow those little fella’s move fast with the big swell! South coast has had proper winter surf and the Sardines ride the waves! So if you thinking of hitting KZN to check out the Sardines this weekend will be the bomb with excellent weather forecast both Saturday and Sunday.

Today the surf was flat North but still good couple rollers coming in down South and a SN current onnit…more speed for the Sardines! Viz wise North has been max 5m and murkier with Garrick, Couta and Snoek around.

Down south there are fish with the Sardines mainly Garrick, GT’s and Snoek and of course loads of Sharks! However with the swell and current viz has not been that great. One of the 1st nets pulled at Port Edward had no less than 17 sharks in whith the load of Sardines!

Well done Garryd Ensor on winning the Umdloti Ski Boat club Couta compo (Fishing and Spearfishing) with a lekker Croc Couta of 28kg plus change! Well done Byron Kane with a new PB Croc Couta of 31.47kg on the north coast! Well done Master Richardt Botes and Christo Muller with Garrick and snoek north coast! Well done Tongaat fisherman with some decent Garrick caught at Tongaat river mouth (Thanks Wayne’s fishing for the pic). Aweh lads!

Bad news is we have swell arriving with tomorrow’s SW blow upto 3m…and a moderate NE wind on Thursday… however the weekend is going to be ballistic weather wise.

Sea temps North are between 21 to 23 degC with colder water down south between 19 and 21 degC. Current is moderate to strong SN South and light to moderate SN north.

We are on neap tide’s with low tide at 04h40/16h45 and high tide at 10h40 tomorrow. North might still be okay for a dive early bells tomorrow before the SW wind comes through with the swell a lot smaller than South.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report SARDINES Transkei Dr SW wind blowing

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The NE we had during the week did nothing to improve the inshore water quality however today’s Dr SW wind seems to be doing the trick!

We have a nice contact line moving in off Umhlanga and Umdloti this afternoon and Scottburgh has decent colour as well. However we do have some swell predicted this weekend at 2m plus 13 to 14 seconds from the south.

North coast is looking flat but some swell starting up on the sets down south. Both Saturday and Sunday the swell is smaller North than South coast. Current was mixed up this morning however it should be SN in most spots besides lower south coast.

The weather and tide’s line up perfectly this weekend with High tide at 06h17/18h47 and low at 12h30 on Saturday. Both Saturday and Sunday there is but a zephyr of wind! Light offshore mornings with light onshore wind in the afternoon!

Sea temps start at 18 degC down at Port Edward and climb to 22 degC heading up North.

SARDINES are being sighted in a few spots in the Transkei, mainly pockets, with some massive action in the Umtata mouth area. The main shoals are sitting between Cinsta and East London but will be moving north after the warmer water get’s pushed out to sea along the Transkei coast.

Guy’s are getting Daga salmon and Grunter atm with the sardines. Snoek and Couta action is still mainly north coast and around the Umkomaas area.

With that colder water down south by Port Edward we gonna see Sardines in KZN sooner rather than later. I’m still sticking by the 3rd of June prediction! Let’s see what happens!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report Great weather Swell up

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So as predicted the SW wind busted through with a bit of a storm on Wednesday and brought some proper winter swell with it at 3m 14 seconds from the south.

This large and incharge swell is what we need to clear out the banks and gullies however there’s still lots of sediment around from all the flooding we have had recently and the ground swell picks that up into the water column and pokes the viz.

Hence the brown to green water we have inshore atm along the coast especially however we should get viz over the weekend on the deeper line out past 18m.

Guy’s are getting Daga salmon out deep even on the north coast with Geelbek showing on some of the marks as well. There are plenty Rockcod around as they gather for breeding and feeding when the sardines arrive.

Inshore Garrick and GT’s are around and Brusher should start making an appearance soon especially down the south coast.

We have great weather again this weekend with light Northerly winds in morning and light onshore in the afternoon (Saturday the NE may pick up a bit in the arvo but will die off early in the evening).

Swell starts large and incharge Saturday at 2.7m 13 seconds from the south and drops off in the afternoon. Sunday the swell starts at 1.9m and drops off nicley to 1.6m in the afternoon at 12 seconds from the south.

Sea temps are down and are sitting between 21.5 and 22.5 degC with current in the main light to moderate SN.

So Sunday is go day for shore diving and Saturday and Sunday for a boat dive.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear .

Bear KZN sea report Couta by the dozens

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Well he have had idyllic conditions here in KZN the last few days however we have a rather large cold front pulling in early bells tomorrow morning. Don’t panic the weather goes boss again before the weekend with only a bit of rain predicted for tomorrow.

Sunday and Monday were some of the flattest day’s I’ve seen in KZN for a while ! Even Saturday was good and it shows in the results sheet from the UKFC ski fishing compo held this weekend!

Over 60 Couta came out with an average weight of 18.88kg! Wowsers! Master Pete Jacobs got a decent Croc Couta of 25.54kg and probably thought he had it in the bag! However Joss Morgan, on his third paddle ever, managed a Croc Couta of 27.64kg! Aweh well done Joss walking away with the R60k prize! Aweh!

So no need to say there’s Couta around! Snoek have been coming out as well with most of the action from Umkomaas down to Bazley on the middle south coast. Garrick coming out too all the way upto Ballito.

Well done Christo Muller getting two dives in up north and his 1st brace of Garrick for the season and a decent Indian mirror and a Snoek. Well done Domz Fourrie with a lekker Brace of Snoek down south and well done Lincoln at Brighton with his 1st Garrick today! Aweh lads!

So for what it’s worth (wind and all tomorrow) high tide is at 10h30 and low tide at 16h42 as we are in neaps there is very little difference in the tides, half moon today! Swell…eermm large and in charge!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report Ballistic weather Couta Pompano

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So we are in for ballistic conditions this weekend! We have had awesome weather this week as well and the viz is definitely improving in spots.

There’s a light onshore blowing this afternoon and swell is around 1.2m! Temps are down a bit though at 22.5 degC most spots with Umkomaas being the warmest at 24degC! Current is light to moderate NS in the main.

And yes there are fish around however the guy’s did battle a bit yesterday with there being minimal current which causes the gamefish to spread out. One two boats did get some hatches filled with Couta all in the 8 to 17kg range.

Well done Diets with a lekker Couta fishing off Durban with Skipper Garreth Leroux! Well done Tyrone Byrne with a lekker Couta off the north coast on his ski a new PB at 17.4kg! Well done Troy Elof with a trophy Pompano of 11.5kg stone shot in 1.5m viz local! Aweh lads lekker feesh!

Guys have been getting Snoek early mornings off Tongaat and Umkomaas although they are on the smaller size they are around in numbers.

Saturday morning we have a light onshore wind in the morning and a light onshore wind in the afternoon with the swell starting at 1.5m and dropping off to 1.1m in the afternoon. High tide at 05h50 /18h26 and low tide at 12h26.

Sunday ditto Saturday for the wind with the swell running at 1.1m

Wow perfect Couta conditions! So it is game on this weekend so get that gear ready tonight!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report Sea coming right excellent weather ahead

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So amazingly we have not had rain for two weeks (touch wood) and the swell has settled down. Viz is definitely improving up and down the Coast with temps around the 23degC mark and a light NS current.

Fishing wise there’s not much happening local today however apparently the guys are bending up Ballito side. Guy’s are catching small snoek middle south coast probably due to the water being warmer there at 24degC plus.

Spearfishing wise shore diving has been tough however Gordon managed to sneak in at Selection in Umdloti and got himself a decent Snoek and a size Indian mirror fish. Aweh.

Viz has definitely improved today and with the weather playing the game into the weekend there will be diving on the cards!

There’s a light NE blowing this afternoon with the swell around 1.5m at 11 seconds from the south. Tomorrow there’s minimal wind in the morning with a NE wind picking up later in the day. Swell is at 1.6m 12 seconds from the south.

Tides we are on springs with high tide at 04h20 and 16h40 and low tide at 10h30. Tidal difference is quite large at 1.6m which is good to get some action inshore 2hrs before and until the tides.

I’m sure I’ll have more fish pic’s for Friday’s report looking at the conditions ahead. Get that dusty gear ready!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report Couta North Wahoo south

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Well peeps it’s been a tough week trying to find decent or even semi decent viz for diving however the fish are out there we just need to be able to see them!

We have a 20knt NE wind blowing here in Durban at the moment and the swell has settled a bit from this morning’s crunching surf. Secondary NE swell is starting up though and swell period has dropped to 7 seconds from 12.

The NE wind drops off tonight and we have excellent weather forecast for Saturday with a light offshore in the morning and a light onshore in the afternoon.

Sunday we have a buster SW wind coming through early bells which might not be as strong early bells but will definitely pick up speed during the day. Swell start’s a 2m and picks up to 3.5m in the afternoon.

Sea temps have dropped off a tad inshore to 23 degC however it’s still around 25degc further offshore with a medium to strong NS current onnit in most places.

As for fish guy’s on ski’s are still getting decent Couta in numbers on the north coast and there are still some Wahoo around the Aliwal shoal area however things have been a bit murky and sharky out there.

I have some fish pic’s from last month of Master Gerhard Vosloo and crew getting some decent action out deep! Well done Noah on a lekker Cracker and a size Speckled snapper, Heath with a early Daga salmon and a wahoo, Master Gerhard with a Cracker and wahoo and Master Liam with a Wahoo and Couta. Aweh lads top diving!

So there’s definitely quality fish around we just have to bite the bullet and dive in the murk and Sharks!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report Bus Cracker on spear

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Well tuff times at the moment when it comes to spearfishing and finding viz so you can see your quarry! A boat is deffos an advantage and we can see that by the cover picture today!

Well done Bruce on a fish of a lifetime, a Bus Black Mussel cracker! Aweh! Looks like local waters as well!

I’ve been hearing rumours about Geelbek being around on deeper marks and there are quite a few small Daga salmon around as well. Guy’s on the ski’s north coast are still getting single big Couta although the action is sporadic.

We have had a ballistic day’s weather here in KZN South Africa and the good weather carries on through to tomorrow (Wednesday). A light offshore in the morning and a light onshore in the afternoon with minimal swell.

Sea temperature is around 24degC on average with a NS current up and down the Coast. Swell is on the small side and will be even flatter tomorrow.

We are just off neap tide’s with low tide at 07h07 and 19h00 and high tide at 13h07 tomorrow. There’s minimal difference in the tides with it being on the lower side.

As for viz there’s nothing much around…even Aliwal shoal went dirty today. MEH!

Hopefully with all this decent weather and minimal swell the viz will start showing up soon!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report First Proper Cold front Big swell

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Well it’s been a pretty quiet week for inshore diving with just about zero viz around however there’s some good viz to be had off Aliwal shoal if you can get a boat ride!

With the arrival of our 1st winter cold front today we should start seeing winter fish like Garrick, Geelbek and Daga salmon arriving in numbers on the KZN coastline.

Wahoo and croc Couta with shoal Couta are around so targeting these would be my no1 choice atm!

Bad news for Saturday we have a strong swell pulling in upto 4m offshore and a strong offshore wind in the morning. That is bad news for fishing and awesome News for surfing!

The good news is Sunday looks great! Swell starts at 2.5m and drops off to 1.7m in the arvo with a light offshore wind in the morning and a light onshore in the arvo!

Sea temperature is around 23/25 degC from Port Shepstone and north there of. South of Port Shepstone the current is north south and water colder at 22 degC.

We are close to neap tide’s (Monday) so very little tidal difference between high tide at 07h05 and low tide at 13h27 on Saturday.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report Croc Couta Bus Wahoo GT

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So even with the brown water around fish are coming out plenty! Croc Couta, big GT’s, bus Wahoo and various other Kingfish species. As I said in Fridays report a Croc was going to come out in the Couta classic held this weekend and so it did!

Well done Garreth Brockett with the winning fish on the last day’s fishing! 29.86kg Croc Couta on live bait on the north coast! Aweh! How’s a boat ride uncle, lol.

Yes guy’s did dive (boat dive) over the weekend and most if not all the action was off Scottburgh. Dirty layer ontop with some viz underneath and strong NS current.

Well done to JP and crew getting fish on two launches off the Aliwal shoal area. Pictured we have Master Louis Schourie and Jerone Govender with a Couta, big Fulvie kingie and Jerone’s PB GT of 20kg. Next launch it was JP turn with a decent Couta and Master Sean Burns with a Bus Wahoo. Aweh lads!

At the moment we have a 15knt NE wind blowing and swell is around 1.8m at 6 seconds from the East. Sea is going from brown to green with some colour offshore.

Current has been NS for the last three days. Today it’s stronger the further you travel south with light to moderate until Hibberdene and from there down it’s very strong.

Sea temps are between 23 and 26 degC however down past Hibberdene it drops off to 21/22 degC.

Weather tomorrow (Wednesday) is awesome with a light offshore in the morning and a light onshore in the afternoon. Swell is light at 1.6m 6 seconds from the East.

We are just off spring tides with high tide tomorrow at 5am and 5 thirty pm and low tide at ten past 11am.

So ja tomorrow should be great for fishing and diving (deeps) with that ballistic forcast. Looks like North will probably clean up in the shallows before South coast.

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report Big Black Musselcracker Rain over

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Well I can’t believe we have just had a serious amount of Rain again! Meh!
Good news is it’s done raining and we have awesome proper April weather for the weekend!

All rivers are out and even people going to Cape Vidla are having issues with the roads in the reserve. Toti got flooded again and all that brown is headed seaward…Meh!

We have a light SW blowing at the moment and swell is around 1.7m. Current in the main is light to moderate NS and sea temps are between 23 and 25 degC.

As for fish Couta and Snoek should be thick and Garrick shoals should start appearing soon. Some top bottom fish are coming out! Well done Dieter pictured with a 25kg Black Musselcracker!

Saturday and Sunday we have light offshore wind in the morning and light onshore wind in the afternoon. Swell will be around 1.7m from the south at 12 to 14 seconds.

With that weather and swell forecast surfing should be fire this weekend albeit waves being on the smaller side.
A good warmup for those bangers winter sets!

Happy school holidays!

As always dive safe and straight spears from the Bear.

Bear KZN sea report gamefish abound conditions down

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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

Bear KZN sea report Wahoo Couta more rain

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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.