Congratulations to Jaco who got an amazing bag of fish in tough conditions. Jaco also shot a Whitespot Rockcod of 3.8 kg’s which is a new SA record. John Girdza holds the previous record at 2kg, shot in 1983. Below and attached are the results: NAME SCORE Jaco Blignaut 52.8 100.00% Gary Uys 33.4 63.26% Craig Heslop 32.46 61.48% Corry Versluis 15.94 30.19% Brent Bortslap 15.1 28.60% Ryan Burmester 14.58 27.61% Angelo Spada 14.18 26.86% Iain Ewing 10.84 20.53% [...]
Durban Harbour is currently being widened to 220m from 130m and deepening by 16m from 12m. This project, being undertaken by Group 5 has been underway for about 11months as at this date ( Jan 2008) and is due to be completed by early 2010. A series of monthly photoshoots will be taken and presented here over the next two years. Follow the progress of this huge project.
Many thanks to Elaine in Ponta do Ouro for news of the shark attack, here's a more... On Tuesday 22 December 2009 at about 14h00 a juvenile Tiger Shark came swimming into the bay of Ponta do Ouro and attacked a young man on holiday here who was playing in the surf with some friends on an inflatable lilo about 2 meters off shore. The skipper from Simply Scuba, Wayne, and James a staff member from Scuba Adventures were [...]
Thanks for a good trial. We had an excellent turnout so thanks to every one. Conditions were very good and you could make out the bottom in some places in 20 metres. Well done to Gyula who got an excellent score and showed us why he is a bok diver. Biggest Gamefish was a Iggie by Gyula of 7.07kgs and Richard Bruno got the biggest bottom with a Poensie of 4.05kgs. Well done chaps and see you all on [...]
Rob Allen is hosting a Crayfish competition held over the crayfish season till the end of October. Crayfish need to be taken to the dive factory in Gale street tp be weighed, it is for the biggest crayfish. More info here KZN Spearfishing Association Trials Programme 2008-2009 Date Mode Species Area* Launch 18 Oct 2008 Boat All Bluff Durban 08 Nov 2008 Boat All Umdloti Durban 13 Dec 2008 Boat All Scottburgh Rocky Bay 17 Jan 2009 Boat All [...]
Most Wahoo in many years, and the first in many years of a constant north south current for more than a month. Some days hardly any, but not one day of that pesky reverse current. Even against some serious fronts marching up the coast. Basie has sent us an update on Alwal during June.
The government is proposing a total ban on diving in certain areas as a way of combating the poaching of abalone stocks. The out of control poaching has been going on for many years with the government seemingly unable to police our natural resources in any meaningful way. Bureaucracy and bungling officials probably the main culprits for the lack of any decisive or coercive efforts to stem the tide of illegal poachers. The classic was the armed defense force [...]
