That has changed, in the recent past the harbour captains juristiction was from Blue lagoon (Umgeni river mouth to Isipingo (Cutting). That has all changed now and his juristiction ends at the harbour entrance. I know i will get come back on this one, but that is from the horses mouth from Capt Sen when i did my DOC last week.
Nope all you need is your safety equipment, Durban paddleski club does not own the ocean and cannot impose their self regulatory rules on anyone using the ocean.
According to SAMSA all you need is flares (Pencil flares will do), a PDF (Personal floatation device or life jacket) 1 lt of water, anchor and anchor rope (Anchor rope doubles for tow rope) and a bailing device. The guys normally use a big sponge.
You do not have to belong to a club, you do not have to have any Identifying markings or numbers on your paddleski.
You will obviously have to have a fishing permit and as an extra on your permit a vessel licence which is an extra R75 if im not mistaken.