A Durban-based marine doctor captured and shared mesmerising underwater images on Tuesday while diving amid the shoals of sardines that arrive at South Africa's shores annually.
Dr Ryan Daly of the Oceanographic Research Institute and Ugu South Coast Tourism shared these images as a part of the #greatestshoalonearth.
“What a bonanza of fish we saw yesterday , it was overwhelming with so many sardines! As both a scientist and someone who has been following the sardines for many years, it was amazing to see the volume of sardines,” said Daly. “Certainly, it’s the most sardines I’ve ever seen on the KZN South Coast. With climate change, potential pressure from commercial fishing and shifts in the way animals respond to environments, many scientists were worried that bumper sardine runs were a thing of the past, so it’s fantastic to see the surge in activity. It should bode well for a great season.”
“We don’t actually know how much activity there was on the Wild Coast and whether this is just a pocket that showed up on the South Coast, or if it was preceded by a much larger volume,” he said. Phelisa Mangcu, CEO of USCT, the official destination management organisation of the Ugu district in KwaZulu-Natal, echoed Daly’s account, saying it was the best sardine run the province has seen in a while.
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