Draft coastal planThe draft coastal management plan for NMBM has been released. Covers lotsa stuff about our beachfront area, so make sure you read it and get your comments in before 5 March. More info here...
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Know your finsHere's a quick guide to help you ID what fin it is you've just spotted out the corner of your eye. Is it friendly...or should you kak in ya wettie? Find out how to tell the difference here.
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Red tideHere are the links to some of the blog posts about the red tide which affected last parts of our coast at the start of 2014.
Plankton party Red tide, blue glow, black death Potentially poisonous Gotcha |
Jelly & I screamThe draft coastal management plan for NMBM has been released. Covers lotsa stuff about our beachfront area, so make sure you read it and get your comments in before 5 March. More info here...
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Tales of a seashellDid you know when you're picking up a shell on the beach you're actually holding a lil critters skeleton? Seashells are kinda hard to define - so learn a lil more about them here.
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Surf forecast? Check the loo bruWho needs internet forecasts to predict when surfs on the way? All you gotto do is check the loo, bru! Next time the wind is pomping as a cold front is smashing us, go check the water level in your loo
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Spiky bastardsThese ou's are the porcupines of the sea floor, Here's what to do if you step miss and get some spike's through ya foot...
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Surfing meteorologyEver wanted to be one of those cool ou's who could predict the surf & the weather without checking the net? Learn how to read sunsets, halo's round the sun...and even the bubbles in your coffee! Yip, your coffee can tell you the weather!
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Understanding the Shark factorFollowing the recent fatal shark attack at JBay, it's important to understand that although tragic, shark attacks are rare. Here is a detailed article on Great White shark attacks in South Africa, which looks at the stats, and evaluates our risks as surfers & water users.
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Shark stats for our beachesLocal shark guru Dr Matt Dicken has just released some results from his study on Great Whites in Algoa Bay. Check out what the aerial surveys and listening stations say about the toothy friends we have cruising about near our beaches.
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Fishy stuffObjections to the proposal to site a fish farm just 2k's off Pipe beach closed on Monday. Plenty potential issues including the effect on water quality, shark activity, visual impact & effect on our surf. Check out the possible issues here.
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Why Fence WAS all-timeFence WAS an absolutely all-time wave, thanks to the beach being about 400m narrower than it is today. Find out how the sand has built up over the years and what it did to Fence.
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Are we the windy city?Have to be honest it feels like it a lot of the time. Flipping wind blowing off it's pip and ripping potentially good waves to pieces. Enough to do your head in. Are SA's windiest city here.
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Nasty lil crittersSummer means onshore easterlies - which blow in tiny terrors of the floating kind. Jellyfish & bluebottles are nasty lil critters to encounter during your swim or surf. Here's how to handle a sting from one of them
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LIVE Great White trackingIt's like watching the real scary part of a horror movie through your fingers....you don't wanna look, but you can't help yourself. Welcome to LIVE satellite tracking of Mr White. Could turn out to be pretty scary too!
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Shark cage diving for PE??Had a few calls recently from concerned surfers who have heard that some PE ou's are busy building a shark cage diving boat and plan to start white shark cage diving trips in Algoa Bay. Check out the story here.
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Plastic ain't fantasticIt's the Ocean Conservancy International Coastal Cleanup Day tomorrow. Got me thinking about all the plastic kak that's floating about our ocean - so check out why plastic ain't fantastic, and start feeling a bit guilty if you don't recycle!
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Update on Shark tagging projectDon't drop in on this ou
Matt Dicken tells us about the Algoa Bay White Shark tagging project was getting along...and more importantly - are any of these boys a lil too close for comfort!? There's now satellite tags on 39 of man's not-so-best friends....get the story here.
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The shady secrets of the reef....Not called "The Graveyard" for nothing
Bet you didn't know your local reef was home to a bunch of sexual deviants!? Read all about the dodgy goings-on in reef land, and learn more about all the stuff you're standing on!
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The inside skinny on tidesTides are just about as important as swell and wind when it comes to scoring good surf. They can change spots from mush-burgers to pit madness in the space of their 6 hour cycle. Know how they work, and you'll increase your hit rate.
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PE's disappearing beachesGoing, going, gone...?
Catching up with local surfer & Environmental scientist, Dylan Anderson, to find out what's going on with our disappearing beaches, and if things are going to improve.
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Getting our beaches back!Shot of the Noordhoek dunes
Here Millerslocal takes an in-depth look at how reactivating the Noordhoek dunes could bring some much needed sand back into the back onto the town beaches. Some classic old pics showing how the dunes used to run right across Cape Recife back in the day. Read all about it here.
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