With increasing numbers of cold water swimming enthusiasts, a new organised swim from Clifton Fourth Beach to Three Anchor Bay has been launched.The Atlantic Dash, a distance of 5.4km, is already fully subscribed and will be tackled by 30 swimmers ...
SOUTHERN CAPE Friday 13th April 2012. Shark warning – Southern Cape:Sea users near Knysna, Buffels Bay, Plettenberg Bay, Sedgefield and Wilderness are asked to exercise caution following reports of increased shark activity in the vicinity of Buffels Bay near Knysna ...
Port Alfred's new 8.5 metre rescue boat, Lotto Challenger, passed the final test today in Cape Town. The Bollard test, measuring her ability to withstand the rigors of towing, was over in minutes and she passed with flying colours.Before the ...
The Hout Bay deep sea rescue boat, MTU-Nadine Gordimer's refit at Tree Tops Marine just outside of Cape Town is going well.She is being stripped at the moment; the rudders are being worked on and the hull is being cleaned ...
SIMON'S TOWN Wednesday 11th April 2012. Body recovered in harbour:NSRI Simon's Town were called out following reports of a body found floating entangled in rope between two boats in Simon's Town harbour.According to Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simon's Town station commander ...
Vincent Tee, the owner of Caltex Wavelands in Jeffreys Bay, kindly donated the use of his Car Wash facility to the Crew of Station 37, Jeffreys Bay, for Saturday morning 7 April 2012.After being up most of the night searching ...
WaterWise, the educational arm of Sea Rescue, aimed at teaching water safety to children, asks parents to be particularly vigilant over the Easter weekend.The long term weather prediction for most of the country during the weekend is for rain. WaterWise ...
Over the past weekend some of Richards Bay crew were introduced to handling a four metre RIB in a controlled environment. They were put through various training exercises including surf launching and beach approaches on the seaward side of Pelican ...
Massmart recently donated 400 plastic armchairs which will be used in the training rooms at our Rescue Bases around the country. In most instances our bases do not have space for a permanent set up and so these stackable chairs ...
Lyonesse, the 10 metre Brede Class lifeboat, which will serve the NSRI at Mossel Bay was today sailed from Cape Town harbour to Hout Bay where the electrical work as well as interior woodwork will be done. This will take ...
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