‘Durbs by the sea’ as South Africans have referred to Durban for years arefundamentally all about the beaches. Virtually every office and hotel complex in the arena of theDurban Beachfront boasts a sea view and people head down here, mainly during the colder winter months whenGauteng and the Western Cape are each tormenting their seasonal maladies, to warm currents and sensational waves. Durban’s Golden Mile, also well-known as ‘the mile’, runs the length of the Durban beachfront in the conurbation. It includes Battery beach, Snake Park, Bay of Plenty, North Beach, Dairy, Wedge, South and Addington and the added safety reassurance of shark nets and life guard patrols.