Durban Beach Rescue
Durban Beach Rescue follows the lifeguards of South Africa's Golden Mile Beach during the height of the December holiday season. As temperatures hover over 40 degrees Celsius, around 2 million visitors per season flock to the water's edge.
- 2015-2018
- 2 seasons
- Sky Vision
- Reality
Durban Beach Rescue follows the lifeguards of South Africa's Golden Mile Beach during the height of the December holiday season. As temperatures hover over 40 degrees Celsius, around 2 million visitors per season flock to the water's edge.
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2015
Episode 1
The Festive Season Kicks Off
23 mins
Follow the South African lifeguards as they watch over festive holidaymakers on Durban's beaches. With unpredictable conditions, the lifeguards have zero tolerance for fools, particularly anyone who chooses to swim outside the demarcated area.
Episode 2
Ragers Start the Party
23 mins
South Africa's high school graduates or 'ragers' go to Umhlanga Beach after partying, but this beach is plagued with hidden rocks and strong rips. The team act quickly when a man is washed up on the shore with a suspected spinal injury.
Episode 3
The Most Dangerous Beach
23 mins
The Wedge is the most dangerous beach on Durban's shoreline, with an unstable sand bank. Yet this doesn't deter the thousands of bathers who flock here, many of whom are unable to swim, leaving the team on high alert.
Episode 4
Day of Reconciliation
23 mins
The Day of Reconciliation, the first public holiday of summer, sees crowds of 150,000 holidaymakers on the beach. The Wedge team rescue a bather, deal with a case of alleged sexual harassment and take care of an unconscious woman.
Episode 5
Missing Person
23 mins
Tragedy unfolds at Westbrook Beach when lifeguards are unable to locate a man last seen at 3am. The team open a missing person's case, undertaking land and sea patrols. If he is not found in three days, he will be deemed lost at sea.
Episode 6
Shark Attack
23 mins
There's mass panic at Bay of Plenty as an underwater attack breaks the festive mood and five bathers are bitten by an unidentified sea creature. Speculation is rife, could Durban's 60 year spell without a shark attack have ended?
Episode 7
African Christmas
23 mins
The fun and festivity of Christmas Day is put on hold when a mass blue bottle attack clears Battery Beach. The team help a woman who has had an epileptic fit, catch a thief red handed, and try to reunite a three-year-old with his parents.
Episode 8
Mass Rescue
23 mins
There's panic at The Wedge when a flash rip sweeps 150 bathers off the sand bank and into deep treacherous water. Most of the bathers can't swim. This is a lifeguard's worst nightmare, and the odds are stacked against them.
Episode 9
Powercraft
23 mins
A lifeguard-in-training faces her demons - a fear of big waves; three Korean tourists lose control of their canoe and drift out to sea near the shark nets; and a surfer and lifeguard struggle to rescue a five-year-old girl.
Episode 10
The Busiest Day of the Year
23 mins
Happy New year! It's the busiest day of the year and the crowds arrive in droves. The lifeguards are ready for anything, including a bather with a dislocated limb, someone suffering with a severe allergic reaction and some unruly bathers.