Tomorrow morning at 08h53, Thursday the 29th of December, the monthly New Moon occurs.This means that the twice monthly Spring Tide (which occurs every month at Full Moon and at New Moon) peaks at 08h53 on Thursday 29th December.Spring Tides happen twice every month, at full moon and at new moon, and bring higher than normal high tides, lower than normal low tides and stronger than normal rip currents around the coastline. There are two high tides and two low tides every day.The New Moon Spring Tide is now in its full intensity peaking on the New Moon day, Thursday 29th December, and gradually lessening in intensity towards about Monday, 2nd of January. Anyone visiting beaches today, 28th December, will notice that the twice daily high tides are higher than normal, and the twice daily low tides are lower than normal, and rip currents are at their strongest intensity.It will be visibly noticeable to bathers that rip-currents are at their strongest intensity today, Wednesday, 28th December, tomorrow, Thursday, 29th December, Friday, 30th December and lasting up until Monday, 02nd January.NSRI are urging bathers, paddlers and anglers to be aware of this years end of the year 'New Moon Spring Tide” happening at a time when most families will be visiting the beach (coastline) and extreme caution around the coast is advised.
Incidents at Witsand, Yzerfontein, Plett, Kysna, St Francis Bay, Eerste River and Shelly Beach
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A routine sunset cruise off Green Point developed into a rescue operation on Saturday evening when a local commercial charter vessel reported taking on water with 37 people onboard. Multiple NSRI stations, volunteer crews, commercial vessels, and port authorities responded ...
A father (50) and his nine-year-old son were safely rescued by NSRI Station 34 Yzerfontein after becoming stranded on rocks offshore at Ganzekraal when the Spring high tide cut off their route back to shore. ...
A local man has died following a drowning accident at Leentjiesklip Beach, Wilderness, after two fathers went into the water to help their teenage sons caught in rip currents. The two teenagers and the other father were rescued ...