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Durban Undersea Club

Name: Durban Undersea Club
Address: 1 Mahatma Ghandi Road, Durban, 4001, ZA
Telephone: +27310300190
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The Durban Undersea Club - "DUC" The calm waters and protection from the Bluff makes the DUC beach one of the safest and best for beach-goers with children.
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Durban Undersea Club, “DUC”, as it’s familiarly known, is a family orientated, social activities club for people that have an interest in the ocean and its beaches. The Clubhouse currently serves as a “home” to several sports, where water sport participants can meet and arrange sporting activities as well socialize and entertain guests. Although providing sporting related facilities and accommodat

ing water sport members is the main priority of the club, the club has a large social and family membership that use the clubhouse mainly for its easy access to one of Durban’s finest beaches as well as it’s safe environment, clean facilities and affordable food and beverage offerings. The beach in front of the new clubhouse is protected from large waves and currents by the Vetch’s pier breakwater, at +/- 500m long submerged reef which, along with adjacent limestone reef, is home to hundreds of species of marine life and is a great snorkel and or shallow Scuba Dive (max 6m depth).

16/02/2025

PLEASE NOTE that our February league swim will take place on SUNDAY 23 February due to a strong NE expected on Saturday.

15/02/2025

And here are all the 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘁𝘀.
Phew! So many stunning photos between these and the Cover shots, so help us out here!
Tell us which ones YOU think are the winning shots.

15/02/2025

Here they are folks. All the 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐭 submissions for the underwater . So get liking & loving and let us know which are YOUR favourites.

12/02/2025

With so much ❤️love❤️ for our monthly league swim, we have had to set a limit for entries. Please note the closing date and time. Enter soon!

10/02/2025

We have loaded more stunning competition photo submissions.
👀Have a look and tell us what you think.

07/02/2025

SCUBA DIVING COURSE - PADI OPEN WATER

Start your adventure and learn to dive.

Contact Sarah 0728010606

06/02/2025

Cover shot or parting shot, FB message us your best shots before 15 February.

06/02/2025

Festive weekend vibes loading....

05/02/2025

Hey DUC shooters!

Here are some much anticipated tips in order to assist you in selecting your Cover Shot and Parting Shot for submission.
REMEMBER : the “competition” is for fun and for you to learn and grow as an underwater photographer!

𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓:
A cover shot is a WOW shot. It is used by a magazine to create interest in the magazine and get people to buy / download the magazine. A cover shot makes space for text and the name of the magazine. It can be wide angle image or macro.
It should not be a fish identification image and it should be striking, colourful and obviously technically correct.

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓:
This is the last page of a magazine. The image can be wide angle or portrait. It is an image that comes with a story – not necessary a cover shot but an interesting shot. In this category, the image should show something interesting that was captured on a dive – eg – dolphin swam up to you with a panzy shell , Great White shark swimming with a mermaid , Rhinopias yawning.
So the focus of this category is something cool that you saw underwater that you would like to tell the rest of the diving community about.

Click this link for 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 shots that have featured in previous DAN magazines as a guide.
https://duc.co.za/events/underwater-photo-competition/

PARTING TIP : the quicker you post your images, the quicker you can get feedback from the general public whether you are on the right track or not with your images.
Once posted on FB and INSTA, the public will decide by liking and commenting on your image.

05/02/2025

❤️It's the month of love❤️
Join us for a mouthwatering meal on .

03/02/2025

In search of blue water... last weekend our freedivers headed out a little further than usual looking for that deep blue water!

We have a few courses lined up in the next few months before the windy season hits our shores! One spot available for 14 to 16 February. Contact Angie for more details 082 874 1706

All images provided by club member .ness.pix

30/01/2025

Your weekend entertainment and some thirst-quenching drinks promotions at the club.

28/01/2025

PWSC manager Grant organised a boat trip for all PWSC staff, followed by a braai to thank them for their hard work over the festive season.

27/01/2025

DUC, in collaboration with DAN Southern Africa, have put together a series of underwater photographic competitions that will give aspiring underwater photographers the opportunity to feature in the ALERT diving magazine AND get their hands on some awesome prizes!
The aim of the competition is to give our passionate underwater photographers of DUC a platform to share their work and stories with other club members and the readers of DAN Southern Africa Alert Diver magazine.
With your talent and dedication, you can help showcase the beauty and diversity of South African underwater world and in doing so inspire others to take up capturing images underwater, dive more AND do more to conserve our amazing oceanic fauna and flora!

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀:
📷 Entries are limited to 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 images per individual. (you don’t have to enter five images but do not submit more than five)
📷 Edited images must be submitted to DUC via FB messenger.
📷 The club will then upload the images onto the Durban Undersea Club social media pages.
📷 You must be a paid-up DUC member to enter.
📷 There is no cost to enter.
📷 There is no time period for when the images should have been taken – anything in YOUR portfolio you feel is worthy please enter.
📷 There are two categories to enter – PARTING SHOT and COVER SHOT. Both categories are very different – do your research to see what images in your portfolio would best suit each category! Specify which category the image is being entered into when submitting.
📷 The images can be captured in any aquatic environment in SA.
📷 No watermarks or names on the images please. (will be disqualified)
📷 No AI images, combined images, or cut & paste.
📷 Judging will be done through a combination of a tally of responses on the social media pages and a judge’s review.

If you are selected as a winner, we will ask for details of equipment used, settings, dive site as well as the story behind the image.

Entries close 𝟭𝟱 𝗙𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Winners will be notified shortly thereafter.

27/01/2025

Congratulations to all the 2024 DUC Openwater League Swim winners.

27/01/2025

𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 / 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀

We had a fab morning on Saturday at the DUC & Breathe Ocean Conservation first Reef & Beach Clean-up for 2025!
We discovered what we can do on a personal level to combat Food Waste; learned about Ghost Crabs as well as the UW hand signal for crabs!
Despite zero viz we had a good time in the ocean – and even spotted a few crabs on the rocks… and the team on land collected 27kgs of trash off the beach. Thanks to Sarah Ferguson - Endurance Athlete, Billi-Jean Parker, Jama Jman Bulwana, and Ocean Planet Media for all the support! Join us again on 22 Feb!

25/01/2025

Nearly 240 swimmers swam our 1st league swim of 2025 💪
Wonderful to witness the growth in

23/01/2025

🎶🎵Your weekend music lineup at the club 🎵🎶

Address

1 Mahatma Ghandi Road
Durban
4001

Opening Hours

Wednesday	07:00 - 22:00
Thursday	07:00 - 22:00
Friday	08:00 - 22:00
Saturday	07:00 - 22:00
Sunday	07:00 - 20:00

Telephone

+27310300190

Website

http://www.duc.co.za/

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