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| Umfolozi River on left, looking towards the estuary |
Sunday
afternoon, during high tide, St Lucia News took a stroll, upwind and
into the rain, along Estuary Beach to where the Umfolozi River meets
the sea. Due to persistent rain for much of the day the water level
in St Lucia Estuary appeared to have risen by 10 – 15cm since
Sunday morning and no doubt continued to increase overnight as
the rivers carry on feeding the lake.
A pod of
hippos that was seen surrounding a clump of sinking reeds earlier in
the day lazed about the reeds near the boardwalk, a shark at least 1.5 metres in length
with full dorsal and tail fins on display made its way around the
shallows of the new perimeter of the estuary.
Presumably a Zambezi Shark in search of something on which to scavenge.
Presumably a Zambezi Shark in search of something on which to scavenge.
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| Shark dorsal fin |
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| Shark dorsal and tail fins |
For much of the day both wind and rain were intermittent and at the time of publication, neither have shown signs of ceasing. While Irina makes her way inland, forecasts show that St Lucia will be subject to wind and rain, neither thought to be excessive, until Tuesday. While there is another tropical cyclone making its way towards our coast, forecasters currently expect it to make landfall closer to Durban, if at all.
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| One of the many, fairly deep, 'lagoons' on Estuary Beach |
St Lucia
News will continue to monitor the water levels in the estuary and, as
more information comes to light, all will be posted on this site.
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