At least 14 sardine nettings in Scottburgh, some shark activity
There were approximately 14 sardine nettings on Tuesday at Scottburgh main beach, according to the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board.
It conducted a flight observation of the sliver fish yesterday to the Eastern Cape's Rame Head.
The board's acting HOD for operations Greg Thompson says the first sighting was in Scottburgh.
"Large shoals of sardines were seen scattered throughout this area just behind the backline and in the surf zone.
"There were also reports of some shark activity in amongst these pockets."
He says there were more sittings, further south, of pockets of the fish in areas like Pumula, Oslo, Shelly Beach.
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"The next concentration of activity was in the Eastern Cape waters between Port Grosvenor and Luputhana. Here there were numerous pods of Bottlenose dolphins together with scattered gannet activity, all moving north. Most of this action was in a thin belt of discoloured water just behind the backline."
He says there were no sittings further south of the fish between Mngazi Mouth and Rame Head, but that there "of around 1 500 bottlenose and about 5 000 common dolphins further offshore”.
"As we all know, there are no guarantees with sardines but there is a good chance that the areas between Warner Beach and Scottburgh maybe a good bet for tomorrow’s action. "
