Traveling about 1,000 kilometers along South Africa’s east coast, they congregate within the vicinity of the Waterfall Bluff in the Transkei. Moving on to the shallow Port Edward shelf, the sardines are often squeezed over the sandbanks and become easy prey of shore anglers and beach netters who pack them into crates for selling. Some days they are easily found and for reasons unknown they seem difficult to track down if not impossible.