CORRECTION: The Cape Town surfer bitten by a shark this morning and who is recovering in hospital is age 40 (not 38 as originally reported). NSRI are appealing to surfers, bathers and paddlers to be cautious around the Jeffreys Bay ...
Gerrit Cloete, NSRI Port Alfred duty coxswain, said:At 11h57, Saturday, 10 July, NSRI Port Alfred duty crew were activated to investigate reports of a whale close to shore in the vicinity of East Beach, Port Alfred.Since Tuesday, 6 July, NSRI ...
STORMS RIVER:Lodewyk van Rensburg, NSRI Oyster Bay station commander, said:At 13h55, Sunday, 30 May, NSRI Oyster Bay duty crew activated following a request for assistance from SANParks reporting a husband and his wife, from the Netherlands,injured after falling from a ...
Animal rescues are all in a day’s work for NSRI station crews. Here are a few that tugged at our heartstrings…Abandoned cormorant chicksOn 12 January, Station 3 (Table Bay) volunteers were asked by the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation ...
Brendon Power, NSRI Ballito duty coxswain, said:At 15h02, Sunday, 18 April, NSRI Ballito duty crew were activated following reports from a concerned member of the public of a sea turtle appearing to be in difficulty in the surf zone off-shore ...
When a 76kg elephant seal was discovered on Garvies Beach in Durban, bystanders realised he may be in trouble. A collaborative effort by Station 5 (Durban), uShaka Marine World and Durban Metro Police ensured he was brought to safety quickly.It ...
DURBAN:David Hoffman, NSRI Durban duty coxswain, said:At 19h00, Thursday, 11 February, NSRI Durban, Netcare 911 ambulance services and the SA Air Force (SAAF) 15 Squadron were activated to patient evacuate a 33 year old Chinese sailor from a bulk carrier ...
CORRECTION:The doctor who assisted on the scene is believed to be from inland Kwa-Zulu Natal.Quentin Power, NSRI Ballito station commander, said:At 12h15, Friday, 29 January, NSRI Ballito duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a multiple drowning in progress ...
Joint Media (and Turtle) Release: National Sea Rescue Institute and Two Oceans Aquarium Education Foundation 15th January 2021 NSRI and Two Oceans Aquarium Education Foundation “shelle-brate” a turtely awesome story of turtle rescue, rehabilitation and release Date: Thursday 14th January ...
VAAL DAM:Jake Manten, NSRI Vaal Dam station commander, said:On Sunday morning, 27 December, NSRI Vaal Dam duty crew were alerted following reports of a donkey stranded on an island on the Vaal Dam near to Deneysville.Our NSRI rescue craft Harvey's ...
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