Sardine prefer water temperatures between 14 and 20 ° C. Each southern winter the nearshore sea temperature along the South African south east coast drops to within this range.
Sardine prefer water temperatures between 14 and 20 ° C Barange M, Hampton I.1997. Fisheries Oceanography 6: 94--108 Each southern winter the nearshore sea temperature along the South African south east coast drops to within this range.