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.

Table Bay – Patient evacuations in Cape Town in 2 incidents
Read MoreGlen Preston, NSRI Shelly Beach station commander, said: At 18h02, Saturday, 7 November, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew and Police Search and Rescue were activated following eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress at Umzumbe Beach, KZN South Coast. ...
NSRI Durban attended to two Medical Evacuation Operations. On Thursday Afternoon, 5 November, NSRI Durban duty crew were alerted by MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) to a maritime medical evacuation operation of a 39 year old Chinese male seafarer, with ...
At 18h35, Saturday, 7 November, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress at Onrus Beach, near to Hermanus ...