The Oceans 8 charity has been rescheduling the 8 mile open water swim for a while now due to the poor water quality off Durban post the floods.

Eventually they decided to do a fun day at uShaka Marine World and the 8 mile swimmers all swam in the lazy river.
Afterwards there was a cheque handover to all the different charities based on the amounts their swimmers raised.

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