Durban Beach Rescue
2 Seasons • 22 Episodes
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The Festive Season Kicks Off
Season 1 • Episode 1 • 22m • TV-G
Senior lifeguard Sihle, rescues a teacher caught in a riptide and then deals with an obnoxious bather swimming outside the designated area. With unpredictable conditions and an increasing influx of swimmers, the lifeguards have zero tolerance for fools.
Ragers Start the Party
Season 1 • Episode 2 • 22m • TV-G
High school graduates spill onto Umhlanga Beach after partying all night. MJ, warns them of the dangers of dehydration and sunburn. A young man washes up on the shore with a possible spinal injury. MJ acts quickly to get him into an ambulance.
Most Dangerous Beach
Season 1 • Episode 3 • 22m • TV-G
Lifeguard Luthuli and his Men of Steel work The Wedge, the most dangerous beach in Durban. At low tide, the rip current gets stronger and Cingo goes in for 5 rescues. A young girl who can't swim collapses in the water and is rushed to the first aid room.
Day of Reconciliation
Season 1 • Episode 4 • 22m • TV-G
The police maintain a strong presence and spring into action to stop a scuffle--and seize a stash of booze. Sihle deals with a case of alleged sexual harassement and the girl agrees to identify the perpetrator.
Missing Person
Season 1 • Episode 5 • 22m • TV-G
A tragedy unfolds at Westbrook Beach when lifeguards are unable to locate a man last seen at 3 o'clock in the morning. Ant undertakes the land and sea patrols. A storm moves in, producing cloud to ground lightning. Lifeguard Benni must close the beach.
Shark Attack
Season 1 • Episode 6 • 22m • TV-G
An underwater attack occurs and five bathers are bitten by an unidentified sea creature. Speculation is rife---a sea donkey? a snake-like creature with razor-sharp teeth? baby sharks? Has Durban's 60-year spell without a shark attack come to an end?
African Christmas
Season 1 • Episode 7 • 22m • TV-G
A massive blue bottle attack strikes. The attack is intense and scores of bathers in unbearable pain force the lifeguards to close the beach. Sihle rushes to Addington Beach where a woman has had an epiletic fit.
Mass Rescue
Season 1 • Episode 8 • 22m • TV-G
There's pandemonium when a flash rip sweeps 150 bathers off the safety of the sandbank and deep into treacherous water. Lifeguards work relentlessly to rescue the drowning bathers and one man
Power Craft
Season 1 • Episode 9 • 22m • TV-G
Three Korean tourists lose control of their canoe and drift near the shark nets. They're exhausted and need to be towed back to the shore. A disturbing call comes in: a woman has thrown her five-year-old daughter off the pier.
Busiest Day of the Year
Season 1 • Episode 10 • 22m • TV-G
With thousands of bathers in the sea, the lifeguards decide to close the beaches early. The bathers refuse to get out the water. As tensions simmer, the troublemakers go up against the lifeguards and a fight breaks out.
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The Best Beach in the World
Season 2 • Episode 1 • 22m • TV-G
A life or death rescue when a man dives from the pier into deep water. The dangerous rocks of the Northern Beaches bare their teeth. And it's every man--- and woman for themselves in the grueling lifeguard endurance challenge.
Everyone Wants to Work at the Beach
Season 2 • Episode 2 • 23m • TV-G
Swept out to sea--- a stranded fisherman goes past the point of no return. Can Quentin and his men get there in time? It's survival of the fittest--- as rookie lifeguards battle it out for a place on the lifeguard team.
The Perfect Storm
Season 2 • Episode 3 • 23m • TV-G
High-Speed Rescue as Clint rushes in to save three men caught in a rip. Cameron fights to free a young girl trapped in a dangerous riptide. Ferocious winds blast the beachfront and a kitesurfer is dragged towards the razor-sharp rocks.
Chaos, Excitement and Madness
Season 2 • Episode 4 • 22m • TV-G
Lifeguards gear up for the first big day of the season. Cameron proves he's got what it takes to work one of the most dangerous beaches in Africa. Sue's wish for a Wedge Beach day comes true and the rips of Umhlanga claim their first victim.
Search & Rescue
Season 2 • Episode 5 • 22m • TV-G
The search for a man lost at sea gets more urgent with every passing hour. Cameron tends to an incapacitated youth with a mystery ailment and one of the seasonal lifeguards is not performing to standard.
Blue Bottle Horror Show
Season 2 • Episode 6 • 23m • TV-G
An invasion of the stinging Portuguese Men of War or Blue Bottles arrives and a lifeguard goes undercover to catch a beachfront predator.
A Frenzy of Sharks
Season 2 • Episode 7 • 23m • TV-G
A shark sighting causes panic on the beaches. The lifeguards are desperate to resolve the shark problem... because tomorrow is Christmas. Without any rescue equipment, Cameron initiates a daring rescue.
Welcome to the Day of Mayhem
Season 2 • Episode 8 • 23m • TV-G
The first day on the job at The Wedge and lifeguard Sue goes up against the elements... and an unruly mob. An out of control raft heads directly for a group of unsuspecting bathers. Battle on the beachfront: it's sundown and no one wants to go home.
Spot the Croc
Season 2 • Episode 9 • 23m • TV-G
An escaped crocodile outwits the Specialized Rescue Unit. Surf's up as the lifeguards compete to be the Big Kahuna. And the clock is ticking as Tammy goes on the search of a child who's been missing for four hours.
Beach and Booze
Season 2 • Episode 10 • 23m • TV-G
With a jet ski dead in the water, Clint struggles to find a replacement before it's too late. An early New Year's beach celebration gets out of hand and seasonal lifeguard Tammy is called in for emergency back up.
Happy New Year
Season 2 • Episode 11 • 23m • TV-G
The Wedge lives up to its name as one of the most crowded beaches in Africa. A powerful riptide, overflowing crowds and a dozen bathers are swept out to sea. The Men of Steel put their own lives at risk to save a drowning night swimmer.
The Last Wave
Season 2 • Episode 12 • 23m • TV-G
Spring Tide at a secluded beach; and a family gets trapped. Quentin races against time and tide to bring them to safety. Cameron rescues two boys who have ventured into the danger zone. And Ant deals with a bee sting emergency.
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