Witness one of Nature's amazing events
"The sardine run occurs every year providing the cold currents are just right and this year we are seeing a lot of bird activity who follow the sardines and also whales althoughnot that many dolphins, but I am sure they will come" - DolfinView, Southport.

One of nature's most grand annual extravaganzas, a vivid drama epic in scale and 'made-for-spectators' to rival any listed Wonder of the World. Countless millions of tiny silver fish heading north from spawning and feeding grounds off the Eastern Cape reach Zulu Kingdom waters at our southernmost seaside resort town of Port Edward, pursued by the most well-equipped and voracious predators on earth - both ocean-going and airborne. These relentless hunters occasionally drive splinters of the giant sardine shoal ashore, where equally frenzied human 'extras' gleefully join the cast of this wide-screen blockbuster. The showing runs for several weeks, at its most intense along our Hibiscus Coast, then gradually lessening as the constantly harvested shoal continues its lemming-like migration northwards. Despite this insistent hunting attention, the last surviving sardines have usually managed a 200-kilometre journey - beyond the golden beaches of Durban Metro - before final oblivion in the 'smiling' mouths of our aptly named Dolphin Coast's star attractions.

Need to know? The shoals move quickly so get the latest updates from the Sardine Run Hotline - 082 284 9495