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Name Date Area Vis, Swell, Temp etc
       
FERDIE MEYER   09 APRIL 2010  BLUFF  3-4M VIS 3-4 FOOT GOT MY FIRST CRACKER FOR THE SEASON. 6 KG GOOD SIGNS FOR WHAT'S TO COME.  
FERDIE MEYER   09 APRIL 2010  BLUFF  3-4M VIS 3-4 FOOT GOT MY FIRST CRACKER FOR THE SEASON. 6 KG GOOD SIGNS FOR WHAT'S TO COME.  
       
       
Dean   24 Jan  Struis/Arniston  21 deg up to 15m vis in places.Unfortunately big east on it's way during the week.  
       
Gyula- Perth   7 Dec  Perth  25m viz, 2inch swell, no current,22degrees, shoals of 15kg Amberjack in 8m of water. No wind. No rain till June next year. 12 bugs allowed per boat.  
       
Che Law   03/10/2009  Algoa bay near oyster farm  temp is 18`C and the viz is 1.5m  
Che Law   02/10/2009  algoa bay (close to oyster farm)  temp is up to 17,5C today but with the south easther howling the viz is 50cm  
Che law   01 oktober 2009  Algoa bay (close to oyster farms)  Temp is 16.5'C and viz was 50cm  
che law   30/09/2009  algoa bay (Close to oyster farms)  temp is on the increase at 16.7`C with 1.5m viz  
Dean   24/9/2009  Dassen Island  25m vis on the South side,plenty tail about.  
Mark PE   8 September   PE coastline  Trashed, no dive.  
Quintin   06/09/2009  wetbrook  3m viz only couple of kingies around, no swell  
Quintin   4/09/2009  umdloti  Sav will that not possibly be a great white?  
Sav   3 Sept  Umdloti  3 pockets of sards just behind the tidal pool. Have seen Snoek smashing them and one big shark that launced itself totally our the water. 3 guys diving one of the shoals and buoys look heavy. Am out of action due to an eye injury :(  
Sav   1 Sept  Umdloti  No viz but small windless conditions and heaps of mackerel around. And I mean heaps. Pockets everywhere you look. Fishing ski boys should be out stocking up.  
Quintin   27/08/2009  balito  water cleaning up eventually, Friday & Sat looking good  
Mark PE   23 August  Cape Vidal.  Clean water with NO fish)).  
       
Mark PE   10 August 2009  Plett  2-3m Viz. 15 degrees - not worth a dive!!  
Dean   2-8-2009  Arniston  Vis 10m on the low tide but dropped to 4m as the tide pushed in.Water a bit cold at 14deg.  
Mark   2 August  Pe coastline  Crystal with 15m plus viz. Water a cool 16 degrees with a small swell, go go go  
Mark   17 July 2009  PE coastline  Water is looking good for a dive this weekend. A bit churned in the shallows but blue water behind. Definite dive.  
Mark   21 June  PE coastline  Clean in the bay and the westside. Definitely worth a dive. Apparently very bad weather on the way for tuesday. Small gap to enjoy. GO!!  
Gyula   4 June  Ballito  Looks very good  
Mark   2 June 2009.  PE westside.  reports in is that the west side is still large but starting to drop. Inshore is still churned due to the large swell. No dive.  
Gyula   15 May  Tongaat to Tinley  Viz about 3.5 meters. Just buggable with a few Bronzies around.  
Zane - PE   14 May 2009  Algoa Bay / PE Westside  Westside - flat with odd large swell, blue colour has returned, water appears milky, clouded, sandy Algoa Bay - flat, water appears slightly dirty Did not dive  
Luke Garlick   7th May  Westbrook  Light sw chop, 5m viz, 3-4ft swell, 22deg. few bottoms but no game, fish got eaten by pack of black-fins.  
Mark   4 may  PE coastline  Trashed, no dive.  
Mark   22 April  PE coast.  Trashed, flat but very dirty!!  
Mark   19 April  PE coast + RIY banks  Water bad all round. Water very cold on the banks. Not a worth while dive anywhere.  
Zane - PE   17 April 2009  PE - Bay & Westside  Bay - sea flat north east of Pollock Rock, water murky & cold Westside - occassional large swell, flat in the deep, murky inshore. Difficult to judge colour misty in bay and westside 15.00pm  
Luke Garlick   16th April  Ifafa  river mouth open, colour-line 150m out, shoals of snoek on line. 15m viz on surface thermocline at 6m. current strong N-S. 2ft swell 23deg. small greys around.  
Angelo   12 April  Sheffield  Crystal water with lots of bottom fish but no gamefish.  
mark   7 April  Sedgefield  Report from Gletwyn is that the water is full of planton and the swell is up. Does not seem to be worth a dive.  
Darryl Hatting   4 April  Hibberdene  3 to 5 meters inshore viz but 10 to 15 M viz on the nets. Corrie and Carl saw poensies,R Salmon and shoals Rubberlips.  
Zane   4 April 2009  Algoa Bay, Westside  Bay - flat but murky Westside - unusually flat - but dirty band close inshore. Sunday 5 April 2009 ruined - Ironman - maybe Seaview / Beachview is worth a look considering zero wind today  
Luke Garlick   29th March  Ifafa  top to bottom viz (15-20m), 25 deg, 2ft swell, couple pockets of snoek around, good bottoms.  
Luke Garlick   30th March  Salt Rock  Water green (4-5m) but warm, current screaming N-S. No fish  
Mark   28 march  PE westside.  water cleanish, SE swell which is not to big but a strongish ground swell. Water is dirty on the surface but goes to 10m below. Defintely worth a dive.  
Luke   26th march  Rock Bay  water green cold on points, clean and warm 80m out, lots snoek on this line  
mark   26 march  Knysna  Was in the area for business and saw that the water is looking really good down this part of the world.  
Mourne   24th March  Sheffield stairs  Very nice. 19kg Cuda came out. plus some shoal snoek.  
Burmeister   23 March  Salties  Some snoek around with the odd cuda out deeper. Viz good.  
Coatsman   22 March  Sheffield  Water still good. 2 Cuda came out. Temp is 25 degrees.  
Gyula   21 March  Salties  Good viz with shoals of Snoek on the 10M line.  
mark   20 march  PE coastline  reports in is that the water is looking "okay". I think we will be able to push a dive this weekend.  
mark   16 March  PE coastline  Water is very dirty, not looking good at all. Strong SW blowing, no dive.  
Gyula   14th march  Mtwalume  Blue line on the point. Cuda thick. Bring 2 guns.  
Gyula   13 March  Aliwal.  Temperature 15 to 19 degrees. Viz 6-8 M. Cleaner thermoclyne deeper down. Surface still got mixed river water.  
Gyula   13 March  Sheffield to Ballito  Brown water. Not diveable.  
M Addison   9 March  Aliwal  10 M viz. Current now N - S. Tropicals around.  
Brento   9 March  Sheffield  5 M viz. Medium swell. Shoals of reefies, some lone snoek, crays scarce.  
mark   9 March   Knysna  Drove past Knysna and looked at the sea between the Knysna heads and Buffelsbay. Water is flat and very clean. Definitely worth a dive. To all the divers down there,go dive, envy))  
Zane   8 March 2009  Bay & Westside  Time 8.30am Bay - plenty small swell, water dirty Westside - large swell at Noordhoek, heavy mist, inshore dirty at Lookout, cleaner water westwards, no shoredive  
Gyula   7 March  Ballito  Walls of water coming from the deep. Looks like multiple tsunami's. No wind but surfable with a jet ski.  
Mark   6 March  PE westside  Water is nice and flat but the water is different colours of brown. Not looking to good unless u find some clean water underneath from the thermocline but i think we have had to much east.  
Mark   4 march  PE westside  Looking good, worth a dive.  
Gyula   3rd March  Ballito  Brown, undiveable with strong swell.  
sav   27 Feb  Umdloti  Still dirty from the river opening. Classic calm conditions though. Big pockets of bait fish all over. Snoek coming out off fishing ski's. No wind for next few days. Crays going to take a hiding on Sunday!  
Gyula   17 Feb  Ballito  Finally starting to clean up after a week of swell and mud.  
Mark PE   15 February  PE coastline  KAK!!! Swell is up, fresh S wind blowing. Viz is bad. Not a nice day to be at sea.  
Zane   14 Feb 2009  PE Wildside (Westside)  Medium size swell, inshore reasonably clean, westerly wind creating choppy conditions, diveable except for Valentines day commitments  
mark PE   13 Feb 09  PE coast  Westside is fairly flat, seems to be cold. There is quite a big swell in the bay. I think there is clean water in the deep in the bay.  
Gyula   11 Feb  Ballito  3 meter swell with rain. Not diveable.  
Gyula   9 feb  Ballito  Conditions horrible.  
Gyula   7 Feb  Salt Rock  6 m viz with strong surf and current. Not easy to shoredive.  
Mark PE   2 February 09  PE coastline  Water is clean all over. Up to 18m Viz, 20 degrees above. Cooler below. Excellent diving conditions. Many shore divers enjoying the excellent water.  
FERDIE MEYER   3 FEB  bluff  4-5M VIS BIG SNOEK 5-10 KG NOT BAD  
Gyula   3 Feb  Ballito  Better than the rest of the coast. Aliwal brown on top yesterday.Still very few cuda.  
mark PE   29th Jan  PE coastline.  Water is very dirty inshore on the westside. Looks blue further out. Gletwyn reported that the water was not looking good in the bay.  
Gyula   24 Jan  Salt Rock  Diveable. Cuda darts out deep and snoek off Sheffield. Sea flat.  
Mark PE   16 Jan 09  PE westside and Bay  Westside seems to be cleaning up a bit. Still some planton around but the cool thermocline has brought in some cleaner water.The Bay is looking better to.  
Gyula   10 Jan  Ballito  blown out from the west but water still has viz.  
Gyula   8 Jan  Bluff and NO 1  Very clean. Grunter and Tropicals in BIG shoals.  
Mark PE   9 Jan 09  PE coast  Sea is flat, especially the west side. Water is cleaning up. Temperature is cool with a cold thermocline. Looks like a dive will be on this weekend. Happy hunting.  
Mark PE   5 Jan 09  PE coast.  Swell down,water very dirty, fresh SE blowing - No dive!  
KLINT   2 Jan  Aliwal  Blue with current from North. Dorado plus tuna around. Choppy wind.  
Gyula   1 Jan  Salt Rock  Fish full up, current from North,  
Gyula   31 Dec 17H00  North coast  Cleaned up at last. Worth a dive.  
Mark PE   30 December  PE westside.  Largish swell, water still dirty inshore, strong SW blowing - no dive!  
Mark   29 December  PE coastline  Water dirty, largish swell, no dive - pitty!!  
Gyula   29 Dec  Ballito  Very windy with a 7 foot shorebreak at Salmon Bay. not clean.  
Gyula   29 Dec 19H00  North Coast  Sea flattened a bit. Blue line about 800m offshore.  
Basie   29 Dec  Aliwal  6-8M viz. mod sn current.Bitchy launch.  
Zane   26 December 2008  Port Elizabeth - Bay & Wildside  Inshore - muddy - no dive in zero visibility - clear water very far ou  
Alan Fraser   24 Dec  Pumula  15mt viz, slow reverse current. Light west  
Mark PE   21 December  PE coastline.  Large SW swell, viz 1-3m, the bay is cold 3m down, the westside is 13 degrees in the deep. Not good conditions, not worth a dive.  
Gyula   21 Dec  Sheffield to Ballito  Sheffield 6 M. Salties 2M. Ballito 1M viz. Snoek plus tuna thick.  
Gyula   20 Dec  Ballito  Improved. Flatter ,cleaner and less wind. Possible ok for snoek.  
mark PE   19 December  PE coastline.  Bay has a bit to much swell and the westside is ice cold. Not worth a dive.  
Mark PE - report from Gyula.   19 December  Aliwal  cold, 18 degrees, 3m viz.  
Mark PE - report from Gyula   18 December  Natal coast  aliwal - 3m Viz, 19 degrees. Salties - 3m Viz. Ballito - 5m viz, 1.5m swell, 14 knot southerly wind.  
Sav   12-18th December  Mbolompo point, Mpame, Transkei  Viz varied from 2-8m. Water from 24 - 16 degrees, literally overnight. Only saw 1 shoal of Yellowtail which was our main target. Plenty Brusher, Cob, Garrick and the usual bottoms.Thousands of mackerel, sards & red eye. Another awesome trip to Bulls Inn.  
Gyula   17 Dec  Ballito  Water clean but 20 knott N Easter blowing. Swell small.  
Gyula   16 Dec  Ballito- Tinley  Clean with scattered gamefish and big bottoms  
Corry   13 December  South Coast  Heavy rains have seen inshore areas buggered by rivers coming down. Deeper areas are diveable. Protea crystal clean but 3.8 knot current making diving difficult and dangerous  
Gyula   14 Dec  Ballito  Still clean but strong North East wind. Warm 25 degree.Divers' getting snoek and Cuda at Salties and Sheff.  
Lohan   12/12/08  Algoa Bay  Warm up to 10m good vis and flat  
Zane   12 Dec 2008  Wildside  Shore entry - little murky, good for a dive though. Water temp - cool.  
Steph   7 Dec  Ballito  Flat and clean  
garrett   6 Dec  Protea  No current clean. Big fish- photo's to follow  
Burmeister   4th Dec  Umdloti  Small white shark swimming in shallows. Visited me twice. Wahoo,Kob and Rubberlips in deep.  
Sav   4 November  Umdloti  Take the day off. Dived off ski, viz 15m +. No gamefish but still an amazing dive.Could make out the bottom in 20m! Shoals of small kingfish,reef fish, rays, skates, guitar fish, even morays swimming freely. Heard of only 1 cuta being caught off ski's.Hope you stocked up on pink tickets with the ladies as there will be plenty diving in the next few days!  
Gyula   3 Dec  Salt Rock  10M + viz from Ballito to Jex. Very flat. Snoek around. Very diveable.  
gyula   30 Nov  Ballito  Crap windy day. Time to spend time with family.All wives happy today.  
Lohan   29/11/08  Algoa Bay  5m vis flat warm in shalows  
Sav   29 November  Plantations  Dived Plantations off fishing ski early this am. Great water but suprisingly no fish around. managed a Dorado trolling a sard later on. Classic beach day.  
Sav   28 November  Umdloti  Got mates out from Scotland so jumped in to grab a few oysters for tonight's braai. Ended up doing a drift and bagged a 3kg snoek. Water 3-4 with a good colour line further out. A mate had some Dorado swim up to his ski in 10m of water yesterday! Also hear it's really good further north with some good cuta being shot. Dive of fishing ski planned for tomorrow.  
Brod   27 Nov  ballito - Umdloti  Still very clean. Wind looks Ok for tomorrow.  
Sav   26 November  Umdloti  Water crystal up to 12m mark after that the usual Umdloti lime green snotty stuff. No game fish around but mates got cleaner water and cuta further north. Should have gone for a drive...  
Mark   25 November  PE coastline.  Westside is 2-3m viz at best. Bay is 5-6m but the swell is pushing in so the viz will drop. Moderate SW wind.  
Sav   25 November  Tiffany's, Salt Rock  6-8m on inside but 4m on drop off. That lime green snotty stuff, made worse wth overcast weather. No fish around at all.  
Gyula   22 Nov  Salt Rock  calm enough this afternoon but cold water no viz.  
Gletwyn   21 Nov08  Coega walls  ~22DecC on top thermocline of about 17-18 below. viz 1-4 m Swell 1.5 m SE (fun launch!)Surgy Not much fish - few cracker, cave bass and bronze bream  
Zane   21 November  PE - Bay (Cape Recife)  Inshore band of dirty water, repetitive choppy swells, visbility not good, underwater sandstorms, not good for shoredive  
Noel   21/11/08  Table bay,Bigbay,Muizenburg  Atlantic coast is not good due to a 2-3ft w swell, not much viz in shore. Light sw wind. muizenberg,2ft swell light offshore, 17c, may be divable on saturday morning before the wind picks up from the sse. 2-3 m viz  
Mark   18 November  PE westside  2m Viz with a very large S swell. - No dive!  
Brento   18 Nov  Durban No1  good viz with light current. sailfish,bonito,kingies and Grunter around.  
Mark   16 November  PE westside  Sunday - Thermocline below 10m which is clean but very cold, warm water with planton above. Fishy, worth a dive.  
Zane   15 Nov 2008  PE - Bay & Wildside  Bay - murky Wildside - for a shoredive - chances look good for this afternoon, blue colour, small swell, little murky. Sunday looks like best bet.  
Mark   13 November  PE  Strong SE with heavy rains, definitely a no dive or maybe a dive in the rain puddles))  
Sav   13, November 7 am  Umdloti  Eish. 2.5m+ SE swell complimented with a straight east. Need I say more?  
Brento44   12 Nov  Bluff  4 to 8 M viz. Water cold. Not much around.  
Mark   12 November  PE coastline  Unfortunately have not seen the sea but a strong SE blowing from early. This means it is going to BLOW!! Water is going to freeze on the outside.  
Sav   11 Nov, 6am  Umdloti  Calm, breathless morning. No swell but water still dirty. 2m viz, if that.  
Sav   10 Nov, 7am  Umdloti  Bit hard looking into the morning sun but water dirty 2-3m at best. Same old story...  
Angelo   8 Nov  Scottburgh  20M viz. Light S-N current. Warm 21.5 degrees. Overcast sky with moderate westerly wind.  
Sav   8 Nov, 2pm  Umdloti  Dirty,choppy,swell... at least there is rugby to watch.  
Gyula   7 Nov  Ballito  Fresh South Westerly. Sea rough and dirty. Very depressing to see this ugly grey view.  
Dean   1 Nov  Gouritz  Sea flat,water 16.5 deg,zero vis.Wierd red phosphorus on the water.  
Noel   1/2 Nov  arniston  4m viz, 17c with thermo of 14c, 1m swell, very dead with hardly any fish around  
Mark PE   1 november  PE westside.  Up to 10m viz. Cool thermocline below 10m. Small swell with very little current. Slightly fishy, worth a dive.  
Walter   31 October  Aliwal  10 M viz with little current. Lots of flying fish.  
Dean   27-10-2008  St.Francis  Vis = 3m Temp = 15-16 deg Swell = 3m  
FERDIE   23-10-08  BLUFF  VIS 3-4M SWELL 3FOOT ONLY GOT SOME BREAM 2KG  
       
Lohan   17/10/2008  Algoa Bay  1st km is green with dark blue water deeper out, there is some swell coming from the south, water temp is 16 about degrees  
Corry   13/10/08  South Coast  Reports of clean all over. Going now and will check out Protea this arvy. Yay.  
gletwyn   12oct  St Francis - Seal Point  12 m viz 17 deg. Sterile!  
Lohan   10/10/2008  Algoa Bay  Clean water from Philips Reef out, no swell,around 17deg  
FERDIE   09.10.08  bluff  4-5m vis swell small lots and lots of musselcracker 4-10kg its like heaven  
Mark PE   6 October 08  PE westside  Clean in the deep with a large 2m+ swell. 8-10m viz in the deep and clean water over thunderbolt.  
Zane   3 Oct 2008  Algoa Bay - Wildside  Bay - looks like dirty dishwashing water. Dark blue water far out. Wildside - inshore messy - also like dirty dishwater. Fair to large sized swell. No shore dive.  
Mark PE   28 september 08  PE coastline  Trashed! Large swell, water brown with a stong SE blowing.  
Mark PE   24/09/2008  PE coastline  Buggered, blown out by gail SW wind.  
Mark PE   20/9/2008  PE west side.  small patch of 5-10mViz at the back of thunderbolt. The rest of the coast is stuffed, 3m swell.  
Zane   22 Sept 2008  PE - Bay and Wildside  Bay - dirty, small swell, little choppy Wildside - dirty, medium swell Dive Tuesday - maybe on wildside  
Zane   19 Sept 2008  PE - Bay and Wildside  Bay - flat with small swell - visibility = zero, nil - dirty Wildside - Cape Recife to Schoenies - large swell, plenty white water, vis = zero, nil - dirty  
Dazz   18 Sep   Umdloti  Fair vis in shallows 4m, swell moderate, some brusher around.  
mark   17/9/2008  PE coast  Buggered!!!!!!! Dirty with large swell, as USUAL))  
Corry   15 September  Margate  Swell big, water stuffed. Off to Bass Lake, Angelo pick you up in 5. LOL  
Angelo   15 September  Bass Lake (JHB)  15 m viz temp 10 degrees - no snoek, couta, tail! Where's the salt!  
Zane   14 Sept 2008  Pe - Noordhoek, Chelsea Point, Schoenies  Shoredive, water cool, vis poor 3 metres max, plenty sediment, dirty band of water still exists, but becoming cleaner, colour improving, needs a day or two  
Mark - PE   14/9/2008  PE westside.  Dived today, not good conditions. Dirty from about 10m. Shallow is cleaner, up to 5m Viz. Cool Water with not much fish. Shot some fish towards the online spearfishing competition for September. Maybe i will win a good prize!  
Dean   11 Sept.  Robben  Water very green.14,5 deg.Only caught snoek.Reports of Tail at Dassen.  
Mark PE   12/9/2008  PE west side.  At last, the swell is down and the water has a blueish colour. Definitely will be able to dive. Only by boat at the moment.  
Mark -PE   10/9/2008  PE coastline  Water shot, large swell + dirty water. Strong SW still blowing. Will need a couple of days to come right. Looks like the guys in natal are the lucky ones with a dive)  
paddy   9-9-08  salt rock  5m vis 0,5m swell lots of snoek on backline and a couple of garrick vis worse further out  
paddy   8-9-08  bluff - brighton  3-4m vis 1m swell water cold very few fish around  
Mark   8/9/2008  PE coastline  Swell is flat after the east. Brown inshore changing to a light green further out. No good for a dive. I see that the guys in the cape are diving.- Lucky))  
noel   7/09  False Bay   3 to 4 meter viz, 14c, nw winds. no swell. not much fish around. only got some roman and galjoen. Boat dive.  
Zane   7 Sept 2008  Algoa Bay, Cape Recife, Wildside  Small swell from Humewood Beach right round to Schoenies. Inshore water looks like river water - no dive this morning, unless possibly by boat. Time viewed 8.30am to 10.00am.  
Mark   4/9/08  PE wset side  Still very big swell, 2.5m S to SE swell. Undivable now and for the next 2 days. Neptune and his tricks again!  
Mark   3/9/2008  PE coastline  The swell has dropped but still no dive. Needs a couple of days to settle.Hopefully by the weekend as long as no monster fronts come through.  
Corry   2/9  Whole South Coast  Swell huge, another big SW predicted for tomorrow. Wax up those surfboards...  
Mark   2/9/2008  PE coastline  Whiped out completely. Huge swell. Reports of 7 breaks on the Riy banks which is 20Km out to sea. Dark blue water far out on the west side.  
Mark   29/08/2008  PE coastline  1.8m SW swell, dirty in the bay as well as the west side. Unfortunatey no dive! Shows u what a week of east winds can do!!  
       
       
Mark   26/08/2008  PE  Dirty inshore with a large swell-No dive .Apparently there is a blue line far out so hopefully this will find its way inshore.  
Mark   24/8/2008  Complete PE coast line.  Dirty all over with a large SW swell on the west side. Not good for a dive at all. Hopefully the SW wind will clean it up again.  
FERDIE   23-08-08  bluff  vis 2-3m swell 4foot good for kreef only  
Mark   22.8.2008  PE - Bay  Flat but the water is dirty.  
Shane Oberholtzer   20 August  Warner  Clean with Bek on the nets.  
FERDIE   19.08.08  bluff  vis-5-6m swell 2-3foot all i can say is snoek snoek and more snoek  
Mark   17.08.2008  PE - west side.  very big swell. Water clean in the deep but quite dirty on the bottom. Reports are that it is better down towards the west.  
FERDIE   15 08 08  bluff  vis 6-7 swell 2-3 foot got 3 geelbeck and 2 garick good days diveing  
FERDIE   07-08-08  bluff  VIS-5M SWELL-4-5FOOT TEMP 21 ONLY GOOD REEF VISH ROCKODS-BRONSBREAM  
FERDIE   06 07 08  DURBAN BLUFF  vis 7-8m swell 2-3 foot temp 22 got one musselcracker 11kg and 2 garick 6kg and 14kg  
Gyula   6 August  Ballito  Paradise here today.  
Dean   4/8/08  Dassen  Yellowtail are thick.  
FERDIE   05-08-08  DURBAN BLUFF  VIS 6-7M TEMP 20 SWELL 2-3FOOT SOME GOOD SNOEK TO BE TAKEN WELL WORTH A DIVE  
FERDIE   03.08.08  bluff  3m vis temp 20 swell 3-4 foot 1-snoek and 2-garrick not bad in 3m vis  
noel   2 august  millers point  viz 15m, temp 16, 1m swell, light sse wind,excellent for spearing, loads of galjoen and red roman around  
Chris West   30 July 2008  Sal t Rock  Big Moray Eel savaged my hand on drop off. Need stiches. Out of water for a while. Bloody crayfish.  
Marc White   29/7/08  False bay   6-8mt at millers point. Smits 10mt. 2mt swell. 15.4 deg.  
FERDIE   29 07 08  bluff  4-6m vis swell-5foot temp-22 lots off sards skaterd pockets few snoek around worth a dive  
Marc White   29/7/08  Dassen Island  1-2mt viz. 14.5 deg and 2mt swell. Fisherman catching plenty cape snoek.  
Marc White   28/7  False Bay coast  Good viz in the shallows 10mt+.Green and cold in deep 4mt viz. Swell still up outside the point. 14 deg  
Marc White   28/7  Dassen Island  3 to 4mt,swell still up around 2.5mt. temp 14 deg  
Gletwyn Rubidge   19/20 July  Algoa Bay to Suicide reef  Bay shot - 2.5 m viz max,cold, Cape Receife and Thunderbolt better 8-12 m viz 15 deg, not much fish. 15 m viz in deep 16 Deg C, swell 1-1.5m  
Gyula   19 July  Ballit- Salt rock  Sea flat with about 6 M viz. probably worth a dive.  
FRANK   18 JULY  BLUFF  8 TO 10 VIS 4FOOT SWELL  
Mark - PE   17 July 08  PE - west side  Good weather, no wind, very big swell, sea trashed, no dive.  
Gyula   16 July  Ballito  Very strony South West wind. Not safe to go near beach today. Rather support the local dive shops.  
FERDIE   15 07 08  DURBAN BLUFF  VIS 7M SWELL 3FOOT GOOD DIVING  
Mark - PE   15 July  PE - wild side  15 - 20 Viz, crystal clear, largish SE swell. Definitely worth a dive.  
Gyula   10 July  Ballito  Bit of swell but sea not trashed.Still viz.  
Gyula   9 July  Ballito  Still OK but sea has more energy. Maybe storm coming later.  
FERDIE   8 July  Bluff  10 to 12m vis small swell and snoek in big numbers 4 to 6 kg  
Gyula   7 July  Ballito  Excellent conditions. Time to take the day off and get wet.  
FERDIE   06 07 08  BLUFF  VIS 15 TO 20M SWELL 2FOOT LOTS OF GARRICK AROUND AND ROCKCOD TEMP 23.  
alan fraser   6 july  hibberdene  very small swell,about 3 to 5m vis  
Gyula   5 July  Ballito   Very flat. Diveable with some viz. Salties OK.  
Zane   5 July  PE - Bay to Cape Recife (bayside)  9am Inshore to approx 1000 metres, looks like dirty river water, small swell, not diveable due to poor vis  
Zane   5 July  PE - Chelsea Point to Schoenies  12.30pm water becoming choppy, shoredive at Malay Pools - poor vis (gloomy), few fish, water temp - cool  
gletwyn rubidge   4 july08  PE Noordhoek to willows  se swell 1.5 m, viz 2-10 m, max temp 14.7 DegC, probably 12-13 degress below, few fish and very little current  
alan fraser   3 july  hibberdene  clean water starting to move in  
Zane   3 July  Wildside - Clubhouse to Schoenies  Very flat small SE swell, blue water, definitely diveable - viewed at 10.00am on low tide  
Jaco   2 July  Landers Inside Pinnicle  50 Raggies on bottom. Small Kob and Bek amongst them. Wiz grim  
Gyula   2 July  Ballito- Bluff  clean enough to dive. Cuda in shoals.  
alan fraser   30 june  pumula  2m swell,no vis  
Mark - PE   29 June  PE west side  Bay-very dirty,undivable. Thunderbolt-8m viz, 15 degrees, large swell, no yellowtail. Deep, 90foot, 8-10m viz.Not fishy at all.  
Gyula   29 June  Ballito  25 knot South West Wind. Water clean. Sea not trashed yet.  
Ryan Burmester   27 June  Tongatt  8 to 10m viz,sea flat and calm, slight ground swell on bottom.  
Gyula   28 June  Ballito  Very calm. Clean. Time to drop everything and go!  
Gyula   26 June  Aliwal  Viz 20 metres. Light current from North. Very fishy. 25 Raggies at Cathedral.  
Gyula   27 June  Ballito  very very flat. Diveable.  
gletwyn   27 june  Algoa Bay beachfront  0.5 -1 m swell dirty in shallows and further out  
Mark Jackson   26 June  Scoenies - PE  Swell down, water dirty inshore. Cannot unfortunately see the viz in the deep.  
alan fraser   26 june  hibberdene  still dirty but getting better  
alan fraser   23 june  hiberdene to port shepstone  flat swell,sardines around but no vis  
Mark Jackson   22 June  PE - thunderbolt reef.  10-12m viz, water a cool 14 degrees,brrr. PE Bay very dirty.  
Gyula   22 June  Ballito to Umhlanga  Brown river water. Cold. Undiveable. Sea calm.  
Ryan Burmester   22  Durban  Sea flat and calm, blue line far out off no1.  
Gyula   21 June  Ballito  Undivable to the horizon. Swell dropping.  
Basie   21 June  Aliwal  2 M viz. 18 degrees. Scuba dives cancelled  
Zane   21 June 2008  PE - Wildside: Suicide to Schoenies  Inshore messy, small swell, diveable if you want to feel your way around on a shoredive  
Mark Jackson   20 June  Ballito to Durban  Undivable, river water, swell dropping off.  
Gletwyn Rubidge   20 June 08  Algoa Bay, Beachfront to Cape Receife  Dirty inshore, sweill dropping off  
Ryan Hanson   20 June  Cape Vidal  Choppy but launchable, divable.  
Mark Jackson   18 June  Ballito  Wiped! Storm surf!!  
Mark Jackson   17 June  No 1 - Durban  Viz good 10-20m, light current. Choppy conditions with rain.  
Gyula   17 June  Ballito  Largish SW swell, above average, cloudy and raining, hard to tell viz.  
Mark Jackson   16 June  Aliwal & Deep Scottburgh  20m to 25m vis, light N/S current, many wahoo seen and speared on the shoal.  
Mark Jackson   15June   Bluff - natal.  Divable, 4-6m viz, water coolish. Reports are that aliwal is clean.  
Noel   14/06/08  Millerspoint , Cape Town  2 ft swell 7m viz 15 deg C 30km nnw  
Zane   14 June 2008  Cape Recife - Bay side  Average swell, choppy sea caused by North West wind, vis not great 500 metres out, inshore messy  
Gyula   14 June  Aliwal  15 m viz. n-s current 20 degree. wahoo on outside n east.Shoal Poensies on deep cracker. Dirty inshore with sards.  
Zane   13 June 2008  PE -Wild Side (suicide to schoenies)  Large swell, plenty white water, inshore messy time 3pm  
Corry   13th June  Margate  Vis not good 1-2m, plenty sards, water coolish @ ~19C.  
Gyula   13 june  Ballito  Smooth sea but looks cold with about 5 M viz.  
Bobby the fisherman   12 june  Mtwalume  Viz looks ok but no gamefish, only sharks.Netted sards.  
Moo   12 June  Hibberdene  5M viz . West dropping off. Sardines and netters on beach. Off to shoot Garrick  
Corry   11/12 June  Aliwal & South Coast  11 June Aliwal 3-6m vis but NS current of 2.5 - 3 knots 12 Margate to Port Edward vis not too good but sards all over. Will wait for high tide and go look again. Don't want footsies to be nibbled (again!)  
Gyula   12 June  Tongaat  Clean. No sardines-no sharks.  
Gyula   11 June 8 AM  Ballito  Smooth sea, small N East swell, viz 10M+  
Gyula   10 June 16HOO  Ballito  Choppy with North East wind. Still clean.  
Gyula   10 june  Ballito 8AM  1.2 Metre swell 10 metre viz diveable  
Mark Jackson   9th June 2008  PE  Large easternly swell, water dirty close in but clean in the deep, cool 16 degrees with a strong easterly wind, not good conditions to dive.  
Gyula   9 June 2008  Ballito  clean with large 2.5m swell. Plenty snoek. Possibly Tuesday afternoon ok.  

 

 

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