The eThekwini (Durban) municipality has banned swimming at two major tourist beaches after numerous, sand-coated 'beach balls' washed up along the Umhlanga beachfront. In addition to the swimming ...

leading to beach closures. The public was advised to keep a distance from the balls and not swim near or touch them.

Photographer Lee Bollom watched as three separate schools swam into shallow waters at Sydney’s Manly Beach before they merged into one mega-bait ball. “It was drifting up and down the beach ...