We did not have a boat out in the first couple of days of the year with our first trip of 2007 on 4th. However boats were out from the nearby fishing club marlin were being seen but not much was being landed. The big cyclone “Bondo” that was off Northern Madagascar over Christmas took its time about leaving and then smaller one “Clovis” moved in. (more…)

The past week has seen very calm seas most unlike January with rather a lot of sea weed and dead squid. The water has been variable mostly rather green but yesterday I did see some blue water coming in. The current has been static and the rips not showing much until yesterday when I detected a gentle but definite northerly current and when the north-east wind picked up the rips started to show. (more…)

The current has started to flow in the usual northerly direction, which is very good news although the seas have still been much calmer than we might normally expect at this time of year. Over the weekend the wind picked up a bit and the rips were showing, the water has also been much better on the whole. (more…)

Despite it being an el nino year and contrary to what I thought would happen the sea has turned a beautiful blue colour, just as it should in the Pemba Channel. The seas are still mostly quite calm but on some days this week it was reasonably choppy and the NE (kaskazi) blowing quite nicely. There are still a lot of dead squid and yesterday coming home there was a rip line thick with them. (more…)