Durban: Swimming at two beaches is currently prohibited due to water quality! [update]

update (13 November 2023): According to the latest update (10 November 2023), Anstey's Beach has been reopened for swimming. However, swimming at Reunion beach is now prohibited due to water quality!

The eThekwini Municipality, the local government body responsible for governing and managing Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, has released updated lists of beaches that are currently (as of 09 November 2023) open and safe for swimming, closed for swimming and of swimming pools that are currently open to the public. According to the lists, 21 beaches in Durban are currently open for swimming, while swimming at two beaches, namely Warner Beach and Anstey's Beach, is prohibited due to water quality. 32 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. Wedge
5. Country Club
6. Battery Beach
7. North Beach
8. South Beach
9. Bay of Plenty
10. Thekwini Beach
11. uMgababa
12. Toti Main
13. Laguna
14. uMhlanga Main
15. Bronze Beach
16. Umdloti Main
17. Westbrook
18. Pipeline
19. Reunion
20. Brighton
21. Winkelespruit
    

Beaches closed for swimming:

1. Warner Beach
2. Anstey's Beach
3. Winkelespruit

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