The Sardine Run in South Africa

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Every year one of the most amazing spectacles in the animal kingdom takes place off the KwaZulu Natal coastline. For some unknown reason, and driven by a powerful, primeval force, millions upon millions of sardines begin to congregate off the Wild Coast around Port St. Johns...

Attracted to this gigantic smorgasbord, are thousands of dolphins, sharks, and game fish. Orcas and whales are also occasionally encountered. In the air above thousands of gannets and seabirds dive bomb the shoals of fish driven to the surface by the feeding frenzy taking place below. The sea surface literally boils with dolphins and seabirds attacking this endless river of small fish.

This huge, seething mass of fish and wildlife, stretching kilometres in places, moves up the coastline towards Durban when it just as inexplicably disappears, to repeat the following year.

For more information on this spectacular event visit http://www.kwamnandi.co.za/sardinerun.html
 
scubaculture:
I have dived the sardine run the past two years, I rate it as one of the best dive experiences ever.


juj...it´s lots of fun!
 

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