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n on
Blue Flag Beaches
From 18 December to 14 January, several fun educational activities will be
organised on Mossel Bay’s three Blue
Flag beaches, De Bakke, Santos and
Hartenbos beach.
A Blue Flag status gives local and foreign visitors the assurance that their
beaches are clean, environmentally
sound and adhere to international safety
and other tourist standards. Information
stands will be marked with Blue Flag
banners and gazebos.
Activities will include face painting, digging up animals, building sand creatures, identifying animals and colouringin - from 09:00 to 15:00. All activities are
free of charge.
Informative tours will be organised by
knowledgeable rangers, telling visitors
more about the beach, ocean and crea-
tures in the area. Featuring different subjects daily, tours will be conducted both in
the morning and afternoon.
The schedule is as follows:
18 December – Shorelines;
19 December – Whale Species;
20 December – Pollution;
21 December – Tides and currents;
24 December – Dolphin Species;
27 December – Plastic’s effect on animals;
28 December – Swimming and survival
strategies;
31 December – Marine bird species.
On public holidays and during the weekend, there will be no activities.
For more information, contact Oyster Bay
Reserve on 044 693 3164.
Who
needs
unicor
s?
Ex erience the magic of gentle giant Percheron Horses
• Scenic Cart Rides
• Tea/Coffee and Devine Cakes
• Glorious Mountain Views
• Swimming Pool
• Delightful Playground
• Booking Essential
• Accomodation Available
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Thumbs up for
surfing in Mossel Bay
Mossel Bay’s Point is unique indeed
when it comes to surfing. It has two
waves breaking next to each other, Inner Pool and Outer Pool. The prevailing
wind is an offshore south westerly, which
brings the swell from Cape Town and the
roaring forties.
Outer Pool works on a low tide. It has an
easy take-off with a slow tapering shoulder that stands up at the bottom section,
creating a big turn section which, if you
are fortunate, can push up into a barrel.
Inner Pool is a high tide wave and is
more for a hot-dogging. The infamous
‘Peanut Butter’ rock lurks halfway down
the line, sometimes catching visitor and
unsuspecting local alike!
Inside the bay, there are two reefs that
work on different tides, swell directions
and sizes.
In addition to the point and reef breaks,
we have a friendly learn-to-surf beach at
the back of the bay, called Diaz strand.
Then for those surfers who like to explore, there are many beaches and
points working on different swells and
winds, all within 100km radius, that will
blow your mind. Surfers can also visit
Jeffreys Bay, which is only a 3.5 hour
drive away.
The local surfers are very friendly, but
you could run into trouble if you don’t
show them respect!
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Tel: 044 631 0093 | Cel: 082 564 9782
www.outeniquamoon.co.za
Professional surfer and local legend Llewellyn Whittaker has made Mossel Bay proud,
winning numerous surfing awards. Photo: Supplied
Photo: Sean Snyman.
Did you
know?
Mossel Bay
receives 80% of
its rainfall at night.
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f n at the MBYBC
This festive season, the Mossel Bay
Yacht Boat Club (MBYBC) will again
be the venue of many a fun event. The
most important event is the Youth Nationals, being held from 8 to 14 December at Swartvlei.
Other events include:
* 22 December at the MBYBC: Multihulls and Dinghies - Beach Boat Point
Series;
* 23 December at the MBYBC: Keel
Boats - keel Boat Series, and
* 26 December at the MBYBC: All Semi Long Haul.
In the Boating section, the popular
MBYBC Cob Derby takes place on 27
December, with a massive R100 000
price tag for a 100 pound cob.
The Diving section hosts a treasure
hunt on 1 January 2013, followed by
a festive bring and braai after the dive.
The Social Section will carry on with their
regular weekly Friday Night Draw evening and from 7 December will introduce
an enticing R1 000 Meat Draw. The popular Wednesday night Bingo Draw, with
the assistance of Leon from the Galley
Restaurant, will also continue over the
festive season.
The popular children’s Christmas Party will be held on 16 December, with a
jumping castle to keep the young ones
occupied.
The potjiekos competition on 19 December will be free of charge, however, meals
will be sold so that everyone may sample
from every pot. The proceeds of this will
go towards gifts for the less fortunate.
One of the highlights will be the beach
party on 22 December, including touch
rugby, cricket, volley ball, sack races and
the likes. Snacks will be sold, as well as
water balloons for a water fight.
Be quick to make reservations for Christmas lunch at the Galley Restaurant, and
Don’t miss out on all the fun at the MBYBC. Photo: Elaine van der Toorn
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Global shark research comes to Mossel Bay
Depending on what tackle you have
and what you will be targeting, here are
a couple of pointers from the ‘locals’ on
where to cast your line.
Mussel Crackers: Beneke se Klip,
Hartenbos, on the white swimming
crabs, or at The Point. However, the
water is very dangerous so rather check
where and when the locals go. Not a
spot for a newcomer.
Cob/Shad: Little Brak River, but don’t
try at the parking by the river mouth,
turn left when you get there. There is
another parking where the rocks meet
the sand about 1km to the left of the
river mouth.
The whole stretch of beach is good, but
the best spot is about 100m from where
the rocks stop. The tide is not as important as being there from two hours before sunset to two hours after. Elf can
be thick here at times. Best bait would
be fresh octopus that you caught on the
rocks there, feelers still twitching, and
sardines.
Shad (Elf): Banke/Dias Strand, just before the De Bakke holiday resort. On the
beach, the best bait is live mullet. Also
belman and steenbras caught from this
Happy
campers
The Shark Lab Aquarium and Research
Facility, in collaboration with Oceans
Aware, presents a summer camp for
Grade 1 to 5 kids this holiday. They will
host 11 sessions from December to January, Monday ‘till Thursdays. The cost
is R299 per session. On top of having
a ball of a time, campers will receive a
T-Shirt, tide pool net and personalised
shark tooth necklace.To enrol, call 044
690 5799.
ratory. Through this collaborative effort,
invaluable support has been given to 18
South African shark and ocean research
projects. All shark tracking data generated by OCEARCH is made immediately available to the public on the Global
Shark Tracker at http://sharks-ocearch.
verite.com. Go check it out!
beach. From the rocks, anything goes
and anything can be caught.
Leervis and Cob: The Dana Bay stretch
of beach; walking a long stretch back
towards Mossel Bay, will result in good
catches, but you must be prepared to
walk for it.
Steenbras and Garricks: Santos beach
delivers good white steenbras in summer. Shad bites there at night and lots of
big stingrays can be seen around.
Blacktail: Little Brak or Tergniet offer
nice blacktail and the like.
Wildeperd, Bloukop and Kolstert:
Reebok abound with these.
Things to bear in mind:
* Do not to fish in Marine Protected Areas
or Marine Conservation Areas and ensure that you have the necessary permit.
* Take note of regulations pertaining to
recreational angling, in particular the applicable seasons and minimum size limi-
Did you
know
The Mossel Bay municipal area’s
boundaries are the Gouritz River in the
west, the Outeniqua Mountains to the
north, the Maalgate River in the east,
and the Indian Ocean to the south.
Photo: Sean Snyman
tations.
* If your catch is not suitable for the frying
pan, please release it back into the sea.
Numbers in species have dropped dramatically and you can do your bit in helping save our oceans. By law, all sharks
must be released after being caught.
* Please clean up after yourself. Don’t
leave behind any hooks, bait or line.
* For more information on recreational
fishing permit fees and for species specific regulations applicable to recreational fishers, visit www.deat.gov.za
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earlier this year, over 30 Great White
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Thrilling treasure hunt for all
Ever dreamt of finding a treasure at sea?
Well, the opportunity is indeed knocking!
The scuba section of the Mossel Bay
Yacht and Boat Club is hosting an exciting treasure hunt on Tuesday, 1 January
2013. The treasure hunt will be open to
both scuba divers and snorkelling enthusiasts.
The event takes place at ‘Skurwebankies’ at the Point, where a professional
golfer will hit numbered golf balls into the
ocean from 09:00 on the day, with all the
contestants present. No-one is, however,
allowed to enter the water until the hunt
begins at 10:00.
Exciting prizes are up for grabs. Entry is
R50 and can be paid at the Mossel Bay
Yacht and Boat Club, Quay 4 of the Mossel Bay Port.
For more information, contact Danie Smit
at 082 835 9110 or 044 6907100 or email
[email protected].
Enigeen kan visvang by
Go Sea Fishing
Did you know?
Bartolomeu Dias named Mossel Bay
‘The Watering Place of Saint
Blaize’ after collecting fresh water
from the spring on the day of the
patron Saint Blaize.
Vissermanne stap gewoonlik tevrede en met hande vol vis van die boot af.
Jy sal die boot Sharky dadelik uitken.
Trek hierdie vakansie met die hulp van
GOFISH DEEP SEA FISHING CHARTERS ‘n grote uit! Met GOFISH kan
enigeen in ‘n professionele omgewing
visvang. Jy hoef nie vorige ervaring te hê
nie, maar ook ervare vissermanne sal die
omgewing wat GOFISH aanbied, geniet.
Die eienaar van die boot, Manoli Verdoukas, sê GOFISH CHARTERS verskaf
alles. “Ons gee die aas en die visstokke
en daar is ook ‘n kenner aan boord wat
onervare vissers kan touwys maak.”
Al wat jy hoef saam te bring is jou eie
kospakkie en iets om te drink. Die boot
Sharky kan ‘n groot groep op ‘n slag akkomodeer en boonop kan jy ook die vis
wat jy vang, hou.
Manoli sê daar is baie soorte vis wat aan
jou aas sal byt en jy kan verwag om dalk
‘n groot kabeljou uit te trek, waarvoor
hulle ook baie bekend is.
Daar is twee trips van ses ure elk per dag
beskikbaar en ook n korter trip van drie
ure wat kan gereël word vir die persone
wat dit sou verkies. GOFISH DEEP SEA
FISHING CHARTERS is baie bekend in
die Suid-Kaap vir baie goeie resultate en
vangstes, kom geniet die ervaring saam
met hulle.
Kontak Manoli Verdoukas by 072 2555
313.
Mossel Bay Deep Sea Adventures
Mossel Bay Deep Sea Adventures offers
an unforgettable deep see fishing experience.
The owners, skippers and crew have
several years of experience in the fishing
charter business. Their fleet consists of
two Buttcats, namely Dreamcatcher and
Nikita.
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The launch and journey is safe and dry,
which makes for a carefree day of fishing fun. It’s a fun-filled adventure for the
whole family.
DreamcCatcher can be chartered for up
to 10 passengers or the boats can be
yours exclusively. All the fish you catch
can be taken home to show off to the
family and friends. This is of course subject to size and bag limits.
The fish most commonly caught in our
waters are Red roman, Red Stump nose,
Santer, Red Steenbras, Carpenter, Kabeljou/Cob, Shad, Bonnito and sharks.
Please be aware tat every person wants
to go on a fishing trip must be in possession of a valid recreational fishing permit.
Call 072 454 2988 or 083 260 2222 or
find them at Quay 4, Commercial Slipway, next to Mossel Bay Yacht Club.
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