A Giant Petrel was found on Port Elizabeth’s Maitland beach two weeks ago, weak and dehydrated, and was taken to SAMREC for rehabilitation.The release was done from the Spirit of Toft, Port Elizabeth's deep sea rescue boat, 2.5 mile due ...
Gordons Bay volunteers raised an amazing R18 000 by selling soup, NSRI caps, beanies and other memorabilia as well as the big draw card - raffling a Jonway scooter during the Gordons Bay Winter Wonderland. Well done station 9! ...
For those interested in history ... and specifically helicopter rescue ... here is a fantastic link to a short news video clip of one of South Africa’s great sea rescues ... the British Movietone Newsreel called : 'Ordeal of The Seafarer.’ ...
A prank SMS is doing the rounds claiming a ' possible category 1 tropical storm' to 'hit cape coastline during the next 8 hours ...' This IS NOT a Sea Rescue or Disaster Management alert. Please ignore it. ...
Once a year in Port Elizabeth a Sea Sunday church service is held for all mariners, people and businesses associated with the Sea.Our crew were called twice during the service to assist with the Port Alfred call and, as luck ...
The Durban boat show is well under way and as usual Sea Rescue is there. If you are in Durban and have a few spare minutes pop in and say hello at our stand, or visit our volunteers on the ...
Station 12 was established in 1969 by a concerned group of Knysna residents due to the extreme nature of the Knysna heads as an entry and exit to the Indian ocean. Bob Kershaw was the first station commander. Over the ...
Not only does Sea Rescue help people in difficulty at sea, but we also often have to go into rough terrain to assist ....... as well as help to retrieve vehicles that are stuck.Land Rover Umhlanga and Land Rover Experience ...
The Sea Rescue Helicopter Unit (SRHU) had an exercise in Granger Bay just off the Survival Centre yesterday afternoon. Seven members of the team took part in the training with an Air Force Lynx helicopter.Pictures by Ernesta Swanepoel. ...
Rescue volunteers Daniel Bierman, Michal Ciesla and Mahboob Ebrahim from St18 Melkbos took time off work today to host visitors from ACVV Koeberg at their rescue base. No doubt a few of them will be returning as soon as they ...
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