KZN South Coast awarded seven Blue Flags for 2024/2025

The Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa (WESSA) has announced that the KZN South Coast has been awarded seven Blue Flags for its beaches for the 2024/2025 season.

A further five beaches retained Blue Flag Pilot status, which are beaches that are working towards Blue Flag status, but do not yet meet all the criteria.

At the announcement, CEO of South Coast Tourism and Investment Enterprise, Dr Vusumuzi Sibiya said that it was a testament to how seriously they viewed the quality of their beaches which were some of the region’s biggest tourism attractions and a significant contributor to the local tourism economy.

“Alongside the work being done by municipalities, we must applaud initiatives such as ”“Tidy Towns and ”Keep Scottburgh Beautiful,“ which have bolstered beach cleanliness and safety”. Dr Sibiya said as per IOL.

Blue Flag Status Beaches for 2024/2025

These seven KZN South Coast beaches walked off with Blue Flags this year:

Marina Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
Trafalgar Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
Southport Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
Umzumbe Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
Ramsgate Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
Hibberdene Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
Pennington Beach – Umdoni Municipality

Blue Flag Pilot Beaches 2024/2025

The following five beaches were also recognised and given Blue Flag Pilot Status this year:

Rocky Bay Beach – Umdoni Municipality
Preston Beach – Umdoni Municipality
Umthwalume Beach – Umdoni Municipality
Scottburgh Beach – Umdoni Municipality
St Michael’s Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality

Cape Town beaches internationally recognised

In related news, Cape Town’s Recreation and Parks Department have announced that eight of its beaches have acheived Blue Flag status for the 2024/25 season.

The City of Cape Town’s eight accredited beaches for the 2024/25 season are as follows: