Sod­wana Bay lies in a remote area on the east coast of Africa about 250 miles north of Dur­ban and 370 miles south­east of Johan­nes­burg. The bay lies within the Greater St. Lucia Wet­lands Park, a World Her­itage Site, and is sur­rounded by dense coastal forests filled with mon­keys and hun­dreds of dif­fer­ent species of birds. The park was estab­lished in 1979 to pro­tect the country’s only coral reefs and has over 100 miles of beach that you can drive on to go exploring.

One of its main attrac­tions is the shal­low bay and a spit of rock jut­ting out into the Indian Ocean that par­tially pro­tects the beach from the pre­vail­ing southerly winds and seas. You need that pro­tec­tion in South Africa because there are no mari­nas in Sod­wana Bay. There are no launch ramps, no float­ing docks — no docks of any kind, for that mat­ter. If you want to get your boat into the water here, you have to roll it down the beach and drop it into the surf. The surf launch is exhil­a­rat­ing !Need­less to say, you’ll find no 50-footers try­ing a surf launch!

What they do have is bill­fish, some of the best grounds in the coun­try. Sai­lys, Blues, Blacks and Stripeys all make their way past Sod­wana at one time or another, and the area’s deep water and excel­lent bot­tom struc­ture , com­bine to hold bait and game fish through­out the year.

We have long sea­sons, deep water within 2 miles of the beach and a tremen­dous num­ber of canyons and reefs just off­shore,” he says. “You can fish all year round here, and any­thing can hap­pen from Novem­ber through June.”

Sod­wana Bay is con­sid­ered to be among the pre­mier dive sites of the world, it is home to the south­ern most trop­i­cal coral reefs on the planet which are fur­ther south than the Great Bar­rier Reef. The reef has an incred­i­bly dense coral cover and wide diver­sity of fish, crus­taceans and more with over 1200 species hav­ing been recorded in the area.

A Big 5 African safari in the Hluh­luwe Imfolozi park, hippo and croc­o­dile estu­ary cruises, Eco St Lucia wet­lands sys­tem vis­its, tur­tle bread­ing beach trips, Bird watch­ing, deep sea game fish­ing, whale watch­ing, Safari night dri­ves, cul­tural Zulu vil­lage , blonde trop­i­cal beaches along­side the warm Indian ocean. And many more…

Inclu­sive of package

• Boat , Skip­per & Deck Hand
• All tackle
• Accom­mo­da­tion

Food and soft drinks (excludes alcohol)

We will tai­lor your Trip accord­ing to what you are wanting.

Price on request

The lure, of the sav­age beauty of the deep sea waters and game plains of South Africa attract the seri­ous anglers and hunters from around the world. Hun­dreds of these peo­ple from all over Europe and the United States make the pil­grim­age to Kwa-Zulu Natal each year to get in on the area’s rich Fish­ing and Hunt­ing grounds.

When you think of Mar­lin Fish­ing your mind auto­mat­i­cally dri­ves to the great off­shore loca­tions of Kenya or Mozam­bique. Before you jet off, Mar­lin Fish­ing has had a renais­sance right here off the shores of Bal­lito just 40km North of Durban.

These majes­tic fish are some­thing of a Holy Grail for sports fisherman.

There has been a sig­nif­i­cant spike in mar­lin fish­ing occur­ring off the North Coast of South Africa. In 2010 there were a num­ber of records bro­ken with boats land­ing 5 to 6 Mar­lin a day!

The Mar­lin sea­son is pre­dom­i­nantly from the lat­ter part of the year, mainly Octo­ber to Jan­u­ary for the stripped mar­lin specie.

From Jan­u­ary to March for the Black and Blue Mar­lin Specie.

All the Big Game Fish­ing peaks in Feb­ru­ary with Mar­lin, Sail­fish, Wahoo, Dor­rado, Bar­racuda and Tuna show­ing up in good num­bers, with the water colour a deep pur­ple blue and warm water tem­per­a­tures rang­ing from 24 to 26 Degrees.

Mar­lin and Big Game fish­ing is not for the faint hearted, the deep burn­ing sen­sa­tion in your arms and the over­whelm­ing excite­ment of a Mar­lin tail-walking and Grey hound­ing or a big Tuna appear­ing from the depths can make the hair on the back of your neck stand straight up and you skin tin­gle . Pre­fer­ring sur­face water depths, they’re one of the fastest fish in the ocean, clock­ing up to 90 km per hour. The speed at which they can take line off the reel is mind blowing!

The excite­ment begins here!!

Cost of a Mar­lin Char­ter per day

Oper­at­ing out of Bal­lito or Durban

In their nat­ural habi­tat, the ele­gantly beau­ti­ful blue mar­lin feeds on many smaller species that fish­er­men can use as bait: tuna, cero, mul­let, fly­ing fish, dol­phin, whole bal­ly­hoo, skip­jacks, bonito, Span­ish mack­erel, and squid. Any of these species, or a com­bi­na­tion will give a fish­ing party plenty of good bait. Fish­er­men are also suc­cess­ful with brightly-colored lures and teasers.

The excite­ment begins here !!