Natal Sharks Board

Natal Sharks Board is located north of Durban

Description

The Natal Sharks Board (NSB) is a service organisation that protects beach users in KwaZulu-Natal against shark attack. It has over forty years of experience in prevention of shark attack and research on sharks.
Its staff act as consultants throughout the world and are willing to advise anyone with a shark attack problem.
The NSB supports and promotes the conservation of sharks. Visit the only organisation of its kind in the world and learn about sharks and the prevention of shark attack.

The facility at the Natoffers a surround-sound multi-media presentation with special effects, shark dissections and a display hall with a large variety of lifelike replicas of sharks, fish and rays, including an 892kg/1,960lb great white shark.

Visitors who want to know more about sharks should look in at the Natal Sharks Board, a research institute established in 1964 on a hill 2km/1.25mi west of Umhlanga Rocks. As a result of its work the 250km/155mi long coast between Port Edward in the south and Zinkwazi in the north has now more than 400 nets protecting bathers against sharks.

Public shows
The Sharks Board welcomes and encourages visits by members of the public to its complex in Umhlanga Rocks where they can view a 25 minute audio-visual presentation on the day to day work done by the Sharks Board. This is followed by a 20 minute dissection.
The audio-visual & dissection, is presented at the following times:
Tuesday - 09:00 & 14:00
Wednesday - 09:00 & 14:00
Thursday - 09:00 & 14:00
Sunday - 14:00

Visit the display hall and view the large variety of lifelike replicas of sharks, fish and rays, including that of a 892 kg great white shark. Browse in the curio shop "Fathoms" where a treasure chest of unusual and stylish gifts, including hand crafts, T-shirts, leather goods, jewellery and other ornaments, await you.

The display hall and curio shop are open to the public from 8.00 to 16.00 Monday to Friday.