Only swim at beaches where and when the lifeguards are on duty. If there are no lifeguards on duty, simply do not swim. They will have marker flags to indicate where it is safe to go in the water. There will be a life saver on a tower watching the swimmers - listen to their instructions. The flags may be moved during the day to avoid rip currents that will change position as the tides change.Always have the relevant NSRI emergency number in your cell phone as well as the general emergency number 10177.Many of the lifeguards are unpaid volunteers. Please take a moment to thank them.
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Four nautical miles off the Port of Durban, NSRI Durban crew carried out a maritime medical evacuation on Saturday, 26 September, bringing an injured seafarer safely ashore for further treatment. ...
A man has died after getting into difficulty while bodyboarding at Kenton-on-Sea middle beach on Friday, 25 September, despite the efforts of three Good Samaritans and NSRI Port Alfred crew to save his life ...
Congratulations to Charles Booysen, who took this cracking good photograph of a humpback whale breaching in False Bay, while a 73-year-old man who called for help by activating SafeTrx was rescued by Station 10 Simon’s Town volunteers on the 25th ...