Durban: Fourteen beaches are currently open and safe for swimming! [update]

update (12 January 2023): eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda today confirmed that 14 beaches in Durban are currently open and safe for swimming. According to the mayor, swimming at ten beaches (new: Casuarina Beach) is prohibited due to water quality. 31 swimming pools in Durban are currently open to the public.

The eThekwini Municipality, the local government body responsible for governing and managing Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, has released lists of beaches that are currently (as of 08 January 2023) open and safe for swimming, closed for swimming and of swimming pools that are currently open to the public. According to the lists, fourteen beaches in Durban are currently open for swimming, while swimming at nine beaches is prohibited due to water quality. 30 swimming pools in Durban are currently open to the public.

The following beaches are open for swimming:
- operating hours 06:00 - 18:30 -

1. Point
2. uShaka
3. Addington
4. South Beach
5. Wedge
6. North Beach
7. Bay of Plenty
8. Toti Man 
9. Brighton
10. uMdloti Main
11. uMgababa
12. uMhlanga Main
13. Westbrook
14. Battery
    

Beaches closed for swimming:

1. Bronze
2. Country Club
3. Thekweni
4. Laguna
5. Reunion
6. Warner
7. Winkelspruit
8. Pipeline
9. Anstey's

Recreational activities other than swimming at beaches closed for swimming are allowed!