Surfer braving an 8 metre swell at Muizenberg

Newsletter: Who is a lunatic?

Hi everyone

Diving is often called an extreme sport, why, I don’t know but if you think diving is risky look at these options (photos taken by me, this week).

Surfer braving an 8 metre swell at Muizenberg
Surfer braving an 8 metre swell at Muizenberg
Mysterious lawnmower attached to a parachute over Kenilworth
Mysterious lawnmower attached to a parachute over Kenilworth

Two weeks ago I was raving about the fantastic weather and just to exclude me from a career in weather forecasting the ocean put me in my place and delivered this, a grumpy sea with an 8 metre swell and strong winds… Waves larger than the Clan Stuart eliminating any chance of a casual shore dive!

Big swell covering the Clan Stuart
Big swell covering the Clan Stuart

Without the option of diving and stalking creatures underwater I decided to stalk a few creatures on land instead.

Oystercatcher at Long Beach
Oystercatcher at Long Beach

An oystercatcher and a squirrel having their lunch… A mussel and a guava, respectively.

Squirrel eating a guava in our garden
Squirrel eating a guava in our garden

A goshawk (I think) looking for lunch…

Little African goshawk (I think) in our garden
Little African goshawk (I think) in our garden

And one of the local dogs at Long Beach doing a cleanup by helpfully removing all the kelp from the ocean.

Peanut doing a Long Beach cleanup
Peanut doing a Long Beach cleanup

The weather and diving this weekend

NO COMMENT!

However…

Saturday looks (text removed to protect my ego) for shore diving, somewhere along the coastline and I will decide where early on Saturday morning once I have seen the sea with my own eyes. Sunday we will be on the boat, three launches with Long Beach pick ups (Grant will decide where when he has seen the ocean with HIS own eyes).

be good and have fun

Tony Lindeque
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Scuba diver, teacher, gadget man, racing driver, boat skipper, photographer, and collector of stray animals