Pirates Lifesaving Club

05/06/2026

20/04/2026

Team Pirates Team KZN🙌

02/04/2026

Another fantastic DHL National lifesaving champs with our junior and senior competitors. Well done .mads1 on your win in the u19 Iron woman’s race, on your bronze in the u17 Female board race and the both of you on your silver in the junior board rescue. We are proud of you! 🏴‍☠️

01/04/2026

Well done to our masters who took place in the . Fantastic results💪🏴‍☠️

08/03/2026

Introducing the 2026 masters champions

What an amazing time celebrating the spirit of Pirates and our incredible Masters Champions. Hard work, dedication, and true club pride on display🏴‍☠️

21/02/2026

Huge congratulations to our athletes who were selected for the 2026 KZN team to compete at IPTs on 2 and 3 May! A special congratulations to our club coach Luke Nisbet for being selected as KZN coach as well as for the senior team! We wish you all the best as you fly kZN flag high🙌🏼

18/01/2026

Today we pause together, with heavy hearts, to honour and remember Daniel Hill — a cherished passed Pirate Nipper, a friend, a teammate, and a young soul who made a lasting mark on all of us.

Daniel was more than just a nipper in white and black. He was part of the fabric of the Pirates family. From early mornings on the sand to salty smiles after a long session in the water, Daniel showed us what it meant to belong. He carried the Pirate spirit with pride — courage in the waves, kindness among his friends, and a quiet strength that many of us will never forget.

To his parents, Uta and Clinton Hill, there are no words that can truly ease the pain of losing a child. Please know that your son was deeply loved, not only by you, but by an entire community who watched him grow, laugh, learn, and shine. You raised a young man whose presence mattered, whose kindness was felt, and whose memory will live on in every ripple of the ocean and every footprint left on the sand.

What made Daniel truly special was not just his ability as a nipper and swimmer, but his heart. He had a way of being there — whether through a smile, encouragement, or simply standing beside a friend when it mattered most. He reminded us all that it’s not how long we stand on the beach, but how deeply we touch the lives around us.

Every time the ocean is calm at sunrise, every time the waves break just right, and every time a young nipper pulls on their cap with nervous excitement, a part of Daniel will be there. He is now forever part of the water he loved — a guiding presence, a quiet strength, a Pirate for eternity.

Daniel Hill will be greatly missed, but never forgotten. His name will live on in our stories, his spirit in our club, and his memory in our hearts.

Rest easy, Daniel.
Once a Pirate, always a Pirate. 🌊❤️

11/11/2025

Help our Nippers get to National champs In PE! Enter our bodyboard raffle or please donate to pirates using reference nipper champs🏴‍☠️

30/10/2025

🌊 DHL Lifesaving SA Members Shine at the ICF Ocean Racing World Championships 2025 🌊

What a proud moment for South Africa on home waters in Durban🇿🇦 Welldone Paddlesport South Africa

👏 We wanted to make a special shoutout to all current and former members of DHL Lifesaving South Africa who podiumed at the Championships.

Congratulations to:

🏅 Clifton Surf Lifesaving Club - CSLC: Jade Wilson and Kira Bester
🏅 Durban Surf Lifesaving Club: Hamish Lovemore, Paul Rabinowitz and Senzo Ngcobo
🏅 Fish Hoek Surf Lifesaving Club: Dawid Mocke, Ellen Strydom, Georgia Singe, Heath Clarke, Holly Smith, Jasper Mocke, Matthew Coetzer, Nicholas Notten, Sam Mocke and Uli Hart
🏅 Llandudno Surf Lifesaving Club: Riley Smith
🏅 Marine Surf Lifesaving Club: Barry Lewin, Debbie Gillet, Jenna Nisbet, Mark Lewin, Matthew Carlisle and Siyabonga Ndlovu
🏅 Milnerton Surf Lifesaving Club: Bianca Beavitt
🏅 Pirates Lifesaving Club: Brad Pearse and Shaine McAlister
🏅 PLETT SURF: Kelvin Trautman
🏅 PLETT SURF/ Summerstrand Surf Lifesaving Club: Matthew Coetzer
🏅 Strand Surf Lifesaving Club: Stefaans Erlank
🏅 Summerstrand Surf Lifesaving Club: Madison Fourie
🏅 uMhlanga Rocks Surf Lifesaving Club: Michelle Burn and Saskia Hockly
🏅 Warnadoone Surf Lifesaving Club: Tiffany Koch

You stood tall on the world stage - showing heart, grit, and unmatched ocean skill, and we are so proud of you.

📸 Thank you Gabrielle Swanepoel Sports!