LISTEN: First signs of possible 2018 sardine run

There are hopes shoals will make their way to the KwaZulu-Natal coastline soon. This after recent sightings off the Eastern Cape.

The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board's Mike Anderson-Reade says activity has still been very quiet at this stage, but there have been some sardines, mixed with other bait fish, off the province of late.

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He says the water temperatures off KwaZulu-Natal are still too warm at this stage.

Anderson-Reade says the water needs to drop to about 19-degrees.