We wish the best of luck to our guest competing in today’s IRONMAN 2018.
Splash Festival
Summer holidays on the beachfront
Happy New Year 2018
Full-scale emergency exercise to affect roads around PE Airport
Spring has sprung
Spring has sprung….temperatures definitely higher. Flowers everywhere. The coral trees are particularly spectacular this year, i guess after the last good rains.
Warning – RIP current
Supermoon & Rough seas warnings on the coastline for next week
As reported by NASA (credit : Live Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), skywatchers will be able to view the “supermoon” this Monday Nov. 14th. The Moon is expected to be 14% larger in size and 30% brighter. Start watching from Sunday onwards to see how the Moon changes into a “Supermoon”.
However, in South Africa, the moon is not expected to be as spectacular. It is suggested to look at it on the horizon, because of the well-known optical illusion of looking bigger when rising on the horizon, says astronomer Mark Bailey, emeritus director of the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. Supermoons are actually quite common and there is on average one every 14 months. (credit AFP, TimesLIVE, TMGDigital, 10 November, 2016).
With supermoons, comes the warning of rough seas, strong rip currents and higher tides combined with spring tides on the coastline.
Summerstrand Beachfront in winter
Stunning sunny days on the beachfront in winter. The aloes are also still in flower.
Ironman 2016 in Port Elizabeth
We wish a successful race to all our guests and friends competing in this year’s IRONMAN South Africa!
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