Beaches closed, bathing banned
Beaches are temporally closed from Isipingo to Port Edward.
All beaches on the South Coast are temporally closed – from Isipingo to Port Edward – due to the Sardine Run.
Ray Nkonyeni Municipality confirmed the shark nets have been removed and swimming is prohibited, until further notice.
Wayne Harrison from the KZN Sharks Board said nets were removed during April (about six weeks ago) and replaced with drum lines to reduce the chance of whale entanglement.
“We naturalised the drum lines from Saturday, with no marine captures reported,” he said.
He also cautioned ‘sardine watchers’ on the beach to be careful in and around the sardine nets, which are heavier than they may appear.
His warning comes as a result of a woman who was injured by a sardine net on Port Edward beach last Saturday.
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