1.0South Africa Travel Bloghttps://www.places.co.za/blogAbrie Coetzeehttps://www.places.co.za/blog/author/abrie/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IgYqy98L1o"><a href="https://www.places.co.za/blog/the-great-sardine-run/">The Great Sardine Run</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.places.co.za/blog/the-great-sardine-run/embed/#?secret=IgYqy98L1o" width="600" height="338" title="“The Great Sardine Run” — South Africa Travel Blog" data-secret="IgYqy98L1o" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display="none";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=l.createElement("a"),i=l.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,o.test(i.protocol))if(i.host===a.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.places.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/phoca_thumb_l_IMG_2961.jpg300199Each year during June and July, huge shoals of sardines make their way north to the waters of KwaZulu Natal. Millions of sardines spawn in the cool waters of the Agulhas Bank and move northward to the warmer waters along South Africa’s east coast. It’s not unusual for shoals to be 7km long and 1.6km […]