Online WATER Sports Shop…

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Water Sports Direct www.watersportdirect.co.za WatersportDirect Hey guys, WatersportDirect offers a simple, safe and convenient way to shop for all your Marine and Boating equipment online. Plus point + SECURE online payment via trusted Payfast & door to door delivery. They specialize in boating equipment and more from the comfort of your home – no standing in lines! Place your orders online or call them direct. As they been in the industry for many years they will and can assist you with any purchase order and If you cannot find a product on their site they can find it for you – no hassles to you! We also offer the following: ∙∙ Inland and coastal skipper training ∙∙ Annual vessel surveys for your boat certificate of fitness ∙∙ VHF radio operator courses (SRC)    


Our new Q&A (Questions & Answers) page @ Sodwana Bay

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Have you heard of our new Q & A page? This is a fun New page where tourists, locals and the Sodwana Bay informatiom team can all interact together. Where you can ask any question about Sodwana Bay. Such as where  to eat, sleep, best tourist attractions etc. But that’s not all you can ask, ever wonder about the biodiversity of fish and coral under the water. Take a picture add it to the comments below and if you know the answer to the question you can add your comment of the answer. Remember no question is to stupid to ask. Please do not judge questions that are asked on this site. There are always things that might seem obvious to others but to some they have not seen or heard of these objects or creatures yet.


Sodwana Bay FISHING @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay

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Deep Sea Fishing – Sodwana Bay. Sodwana Bay  is well known for its marlin and sailfish as well as many other game fish such as giant kingfish, barracuda and dorado. Sodwana Bay has one of the best Fishing hot spots in the world in my opinion – part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage Site – Deep beautiful Blue waters makes this the ideal place for any fisherman, with a variety of big game fish like Giant kingfish, barracuda and Dorado and Bill fish such as: Blue Martin, Striped Marlin, Sail Fish and many more all make their way through the Sodwana Bay coast line. Most Fishermen make their way to Sodwana Bay through out the months of November to May each year. Although you can fish any time of the year. There are also a variety of Fishermen Sports and Competitions through out the year.


Activities – Bird Watching @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay

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With a recording of over 520 different species of birds throughout the iSimangaliso wetland park, this is truly a bird watchers paradise. uMkhuze game reserve offers 420 of the 526 types of bird species across the park. Wetland parks are renowned for their bird diversity, attracting hundreds of birds each day, uMkhuze is no different, with a wide variety of birds such as storks, flamingo and the only known pelican nesting grounds in South Africa. Check out  Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game reserve for big five animal tourist attractions!


Activities – Horse Riding @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay

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What animal lover does not love Horse Riding, especially on the beach or take a game ride? How romantic wont that be to ride on a horse along the shore side or through a magical forest. Of course this is something both partners will have to be  in consensus with. Although this particular activity is not widely proclaimed like other sports such as Scuba Diving and Snorkeling there are a hand full of small businesses that do offer game and beach tours via Horse Back riding. Although we only recently found out about this activity – so have not tried it out ourselves yet. It sounds like it could be a wonderful experience. Research says that some of these businesses who offer these tours will pair you up with a horse according to what experience you have in Horse Back riding. Meaning if you never road a horse before they will most likely pair you up with a very gentle and possibly slower horse. While more experienced riders will be able to ride not such  gentle horses or more experienced “Spunky” horses. We will  give an update on what our experiences were like once we try this activity ourselves. Check out the iSimangaliso Wetland Park for more information. Have you tried this activity? Send us an email with the company you chose and what your experience was like, maybe add a photo or video and we might just add it to our website and you could even appear  on our youtube channel.  info@sodwanabayinformation.co.za


Activities – Kite Surfing @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay

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Although we have never tried this sport before, research tells us that Sodwana Bay is very popular for Kite Surfing, it has great winds for Kite Surfing all year round and from our experience as a spectator of this beautiful reef/dune there are a lot of big waves constantly coming in. There is also a Kite Surfing festival that takes place in October and November. It is claimed that Sodwana Bay is the best Kite Surfing spot in the country (South Africa) due to the best wind conditions. So if you have never been to Sodwana Bay or have never tested out Sodwana’s great waves and winds, get down their to test it out and if you have tested out Kite Surfing in Sodwana Bay, drop us an email telling us about how your experience was and if you would  recommend this spot as a good kite Surfing spot? Maybe even add a video if you have water proof camera. Your video could be featured on our Website! Click the link below to send us an email: info@sodwanabayinformation.co.za