LISTEN: Whale carcass removed, Umhlanga beaches remain closed

However, Umhlanga beaches, north of Durban remain closed.

The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board's Mike Anderson-Reade says there are still some small pieces of the adult humpback whale carcass that are washing up on the beach.

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He says swimming is likely to remain banned for a few more days.

"The beach will remain closed until such time that all signs of any carcass remains and oil have gone. This could be by next week, but it will obviously depend on the sea conditions," said Anderson-Reade.

The more than 15m whale carcass was first spotted in the surf off Umdloti on Sunday. It then washed up on a beach north of the Umhlanga lagoon on Monday, before being swept back out to sea and dumped along the Umhlanga main beach on Tuesday.

By yesterday morning, the carcass had been washed just north of the Umhlanga pier in the vicinity of the Grannies Pool ski-boat launch site.

That is where municipal crews were able to cut away at the carcass to make more manageable sized pieces.

A grader was then used to drop the whale meat into skips that had been taken to the beach to remove the carcass.

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Four skips lined the ramp from the promenade to the ski-boat launch site.

Anderon-Reade says the affected beach will be monitored on a daily basis. He says swimming will only be allowed at the beach again when it is deemed safe.

Hundreds of people have lined the iconic whale bone inspired Umhlanga pier over the past three days to see the massive whale for themselves.

Listen to Anderon-Reade's full update below: