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16 Strandfontein
DROWNING  | Published: 8 April 2026

A man rescued from rip-currents Monwabisi

Tuesday, 7 April, National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Strandfontein duty crew were alerted to a suspected drowning in progress at Monwabisi Beach. ...

2024 03 27 Plett Robberg
RESCUES  | Published: 8 April 2026

NSRI Plettenberg Bay Assists at Robberg Nature Reserve and Keurbooms Beach

In two separate incidents on Monday, 6 April, and Tuesday, 7 April, National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Plettenberg Bay crews assisted injured patients at Robberg Nature Reserve and Keurbooms Beach. ...

Table Bay Paula1969
RESCUES  | Published: 8 April 2026

NSRI Table Bay Assists Yacht with Mechanical Failure

Monday, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Table Bay duty crew activated following a request for assistance from a local 35-foot sailing yacht. The vessel had reported motor mechanical failure approximately 1 nautical mile south of Robben Island and requested ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 7 April 2026

NSRI Gordons Bay Assists Family After Boat Suffers Mechanical Failure

NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew, while conducting routine training at NSRI Gordons Bay station 9 rescue base, launched the NSRI rescue craft Spirit of Surfski following a request for assistance from the skipper of an open 5 meter fishing craft ...

Mykonos 5
RESCUES  | Published: 7 April 2026

NSRI West Coast Responds to Three Easter Weekend Incidents

NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following reports of a boat capsized in the surf zone at Spreeuwalle, Paradise Beach, near to Langebaan in Saldanha Bay. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 6 April 2026

Good Samaritan surfer rescues man at Clifton 2nd Beach

NSRI Bakoven duty crew and CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network were activated following an eyewitness reporting, to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre), a drowning in progress at Clifton 2nd Beach. ...