Fatal Incident Seal Point

NSRI St Francis Bay and Kouga lifeguards were alerted to a surfer reportedly requiring medical assistance at Seal Point, Cape St Francis.

NSRI prepared to launch an NSRI rescue craft while NSRI medics, NSRI rescue swimmers, Kouga Municipal lifeguards, EC Government Health EMS, REMS (Rapid Emergency Medical Services), Relay ambulance services, local security and CCP (Community Crime Prevention) companies and the SA Police Services responded.

On NSRI members arriving on the scene we found a doctor assisting Kouga lifeguards and public members - conducting Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) efforts on a man, believed to be aged 30, who we are informed is from Cape Town.

NSRI medics and paramedics assisted with the CPR efforts on the scene.

Despite extensive CPR efforts sadly the man was declared deceased.

The body of the man has been taken into the care of Government Health Forensic Pathology Services.

Police have opened an inquest docket.

Family, of the deceased man, were cared for on the scene by a trauma counsellor.

Condolences are conveyed to family of the deceased man.

NSRI commend surfers, who we believe had noticed that the man was in peril in the water, while surfing, and they were able to rescue the man to the shoreline.