After the tragic drowning of a fisherman last month, the community of Elands Bay formed a committee to come up with a plan to try and prevent future disasters.Sea Rescue’s educational programme, WaterWise, visited the community of Elands Bay fishermen ...
Spring has sprung, and as we start to think about packing away our winter clothes, the whales are arriving in large numbers. For weeks now locals have been entertained by breaching in False Bay and further up the east coast ...
Steven Freeborough of Melkbosstrand was honoured for what he did on the afternoon of 10 August 2010 when he saved Deavan Mbango from drowning at Melkbosstrand.That day whilst standing outside the Beach House Restaurant he noticed that three people who ...
On 28th August at 15h26 NSRI Plettenberg Bay volunteers were activated following a report of a female body surfer in difficulties while body surfing at The Wedge, Central Beach, Plettenberg Bay. Sea Rescue Plettenberg Bay volunteers responded to the scene ...
Jonathan Tuft, sea rescue Port Elizabeth duty coxswain, said: “On 28th August, at 15h35 Sea Rescue Port Elizabeth were activated following a call from Caroline Roberts, the wife of the skipper of the 28 foot fishing boat Nikki (with ...
Station 6, Port Elizabeth, helped out with the practical training session during a Lifeboat proficiency training session in early August. Crew from East London, Port Alfred and Knysna spent two days learning how to deal with life rafts. Pictures from ...
Our call centre consultants often have interesting calls with Sea Rescue Supporters, this one is a classic:Our consultant Lynn took a pledge from a donor and he passed her onto his wife so she could give Lynn his credit card ...
On Friday, 27 August, 2010 at 11h35 members of the SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) were activated following eye-witness reports of a cow and her calf, both Hump Back whales, in the vicinity of close in-shore at Robberg, near Plettenberg ...
On 19 August at 17h24 Sea Rescue Knysna volunteers were activated following a reports of two paddlers in Knysna Lagoon being swept, by the outgoing tide, towards the Knysna Heads on 2 small sea kayaks.“While we were responding to the ...
Mike Meyer, SA Whale Disentanglement Unit (SAWDU), said: “On Saturday 14 August at 11h15 the SA Whale Disentanglement Unit were activated following reports of an 8 to 10 metre young Southern Right whale spotted entangled in rock lobster rope and ...
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