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Stn 6 Gqeberha
RESCUES  | Published: 16 July 2025

Family assisted after being caught in rip currents.

Mark Dawson, NSRI Gqeberha station commander, said: ...

Station 5 Durban
RESCUES  | Published: 16 July 2025

Fatal Incident on Fishing Vessel Near Port Alfred; Medical Evacuations in Simon’s Town and Durban ...

PORT ALFRED: Gerrit Cloete, NSRI Port Alfred station commander, said: ...

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COMPETITION  | Published: 15 July 2025

Photo of the month: July 2025

Send us your favourite photograph of NSRI people doing what we do, and you could win an NSRI shop voucher worth R250! Simply email your photo (which should be no smaller than 2MB) to news@searescue.org.za with 'Monthly photo' in the ...

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 | Published: 15 July 2025

Record-breaking spirit at the 2025 Oceans 8 Charity Swim

The third annual Oceans 8 Charity Swim, hosted once again at the Durban Undersea Club, proved to be its biggest and boldest yet, raising over R1.1 million for fourteen local charities, including the NSRI. With distances ranging from 1 to ...

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FUNDRAISING  | Published: 15 July 2025

A speed fine with a twist: NSRI surprises households with creative campaign

In a creative twist on a familiar format, 11 000 households recently received what looked like traffic fines in their post boxes – but instead of a penalty, the red-and-white envelope contained a call to action from the National Sea Rescue Institute. ...

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 | Published: 15 July 2025

How Search and Rescue Training is strengthening SA’s coastal emergency response

Over the past year, the NSRI has been part of an exciting project to strengthen search and rescue efforts along South Africa’s coastline – from the stormy seas of the Western Cape to the warm waters of KwaZulu-Natal. ...