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ing environmental standards, amenities, cleanliness and safety
features. Globally, the Blue Flag programme is coordinated by
the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), while the
Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa (WESSA)
manages the programme on a national level, together with par-
ticipating local authorities. Currently, every coastal municipality
in KZN is involved in the Blue Flag programme.

Water sports such as surfing are hugely popular along the
South Coast, with the waves off St Michael’s providing some
excellent point-breaks. Other pursuits number waterparks and
super-tubes, deep-sea fishing, dolphin and whale watching, and
cage diving with sharks, while jet-skiing, kayaking and rafting
are undertaken on the larger rivers and estuaries. Spectacu-
lar diving opportunities can be explored at the Aliwal Shoal,
a large reefs on the coastline which shelters a prolific and
diverse marine ecosystem comprising corals, sponges and
more than 1 200 species of fish, including ragged-tooth, ham-
merhead and Zambezi sharks. Divers can also investigate the
wrecks of two ships which sunk in these waters. Yet another

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