Sardine run with Offshore Africa

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Offshore Africa features in the September edition of the SkyWays – Airlink September 2021 magazine.

Special thanks to Elise Kirsten for a brilliantly written article.  It was an enormous pleasure to spend time with you and to work with you again for your second visit with us during our annual sardine run https://offshoreportstjohns.com/sardine-run/

An extra special thanks goes to ECPTA (Eastern Cape Parks & Tourism agency) https://visiteasterncape.co.za/

for showcasing our business and our passion – the annual sardine run in South Africa.

Special thanks, as always, to Port St Johns River Lodge and all their amazing staff, who have successfully hosted our clients in excess of 10 years in Port St Johns during our annual sardine run. https://portstjohnsriverlodge.co.za/ 

September is tourism month in South Africa and what perfect timing for the release of these articles.

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Sardine run Port St John’s

The sardine run , which takes place along our coastline here in Port St John’s, is our most exciting event on the marine calendar for all of us here at Offshore Africa.

From mid May we start to pay even closer attention to our ocean here, to what we may start to see earlier than normal so that we can head out to sea to start filming.  Being the only locally based operator along the entire Wild Coast, we are always on stand by to start our sardine run season whenever Mother Nature gives us the first sign that action is on its’ way.  We are also super privileged to be able to be the last boat on this coast for any late action that may take place.

We actually call it the sardine run ocean safari as the amount of marine life in the same area and at the same time is a mind blow for all marine lovers, whether a diver, snorkeller, passenger or top side photographer.

Sardine Run

Is the same as being on a game drive in the African bush.  Each outing is different, each half an hour or less, in time, is different and we never know what we are going to see until we are back at the base.  It is the day that a person on a game drive decides not to go that everything is sighted and it is no different here during our months of June/July and even into early August.

Some ocean days are far more taxing than others by way of ocean conditions, weather and encounters. It is not uncommon to be hopping on and off the boat at least 15 times in a days’ outing as action happens.  Neither is it uncommon to be on the boat for most of the days’ outing doing top side photography.  This is what makes the sardine run so, so exciting.  No one knows what each minute is going to bring.

Just as we unpack lunch on board our vessels, thinking that we have a short break to have something to eat and drink, the cape gannets start to pull in from nowhere and we go from nothing to chaos. One wonders where all the absent birds and dolphins arrive from at moments like these.  How can the ocean go from being relatively quiet to chaos in 5 minutes one asks?

Well that is the sardine run ocean safari in a nutshell.  There are no guarantees on dates or a specific time in a day for action to happen.  That is what makes it exciting beyond exciting!!!

We hope you enjoy this short clip of our sardine run Port St John’s.

2018 bookings are open.  Come and join us for an experience of a lifetime, our passion, the sardine run ocean safari.

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Sardine Run evening fun – check what our clients get up to after an insanely exciting day on sardine run ocean safari 2017.

Traditional evenings spent with our local dancers.

Traditional evening true African style braai.

After an incredible full day out on the ocean, our clients still have the energy to dance with our local young dancers who provide a talented display of traditional dancing and music.

from Offshore Africa Port St John’s.

Sardine Run 2018 bookings are open. Please get in touch if you are keen to experience this exciting event on the marine calendar.

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Sardine Run ocean safari 2017 has been an insanely exciting, adrenaline filled time.

We are on day 37 of Sardine Run ocean safari 2017 and it has been an amazing season.

Since our start date of 11 June, it has been one amazing day after the next.

Baitballs all over the place, Brydes Whales scooping sardines in front of the divers, Bull sharks in on the action, what else can we say.

We will try to capture the year in the form of video and photographs, but to be here, in person and on the boat, is a TOTAL MUST DO THING!!!!!

from Offshore Africa Port St John’s, the only locally based operator specializing in Sardine Run ocean safari trips.

Sardine Run 2018 bookings are open. Please get in touch if you are keen to experience this exciting event on the marine calendar.

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