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

update (27 December 2022): Umhlanga Main and Umhlanga Bronze beaches have been given the green light to re-open on 25 December. The decision to re-open the beaches was taken after results from the latest rounds of water testing confirmed that the water quality is at an acceptable standard.

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 21 December 2022) open and safe for swimming, closed for swimming and of swimming pools that are currently open to the public. According to the lists, twelve beaches in Durban are currently open for swimming, while swimming at eleven beaches is probibted due to water quality. 27 swimming pools in Durban are currently open to the public.

Photo by Weyland Swart on Unsplash

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. Anstey's
9. Toti Main
10. Brighton
11. uMdloti Main
12. uMgababa

Beaches closed for swimming:

1. uMhlanga Main
2. Bronze
3. Westbrook
4. Battery
5. Country Club
6. Thekweni
7. Laguna
8. Réunion
9. Warner
10. Winkelespruit
11. Pipeline

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