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SURVIVAL SWIMMING  | Published: 21 December 2021

Valuable life skills gained through Survival Swimming

The Survival Swimming programme at Leliebloem House has given two young girls the chance to change lives - both their own and those of more kids. ...

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VOLUNTEERS  | Published: 21 December 2021

The real bay watchers

David Nurick and the West Coast coastwatchers are ready to take on the festive season. ...

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WATER SAFETY  | Published: 21 December 2021

Water Safety for Industry success story

To address specific water-related occupational hazards, the NSRI’s Drowning Prevention Department designed the Water Safety for Industry or WS4i course. Recent graduates were able to put the knowledge and skills gained from the course to good use assisting two stand-up ...

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SURVIVAL SWIMMING  | Published: 21 December 2021

Survival Swimming: Growth through hard work and donations

The Survival Swimming programme is going from strength to strength. Find out more about a couple of the initiative’s key sponsors, as well as what’s planned for the next few months. ...

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DROWNING  | Published: 20 December 2021

Clanwilliam Dam – Fatal drowning

NSRI Clanwilliam Dam lifeguards, while on patrol in an area of the dam that does not have lifeguards on duty, were alerted by public members to a drowning in progress. ...

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WATER SAFETY  | Published: 16 December 2021

NSRI WATER SAFETY

With holiday season now well underway NSRI are appealing to the public to be safe in and around coastal and inland waters. ...

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ANIMAL RESCUE  | Published: 16 December 2021

A Green Turtle on the road to recovery - Port Edward

At 17h54, Tuesday, 14 December, NSRI Port Edward and Mpenjati Conservancy were alerted by bystanders to a sea turtle appearing to be injured on Umkhobi Beach, Kent Bay. ...

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WHALE RESCUE  | Published: 16 December 2021

Whales assisted in a disentanglement operation:

At 07h15, Tuesday, 14 December, SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers were activated following reports of a whale entangled in fishing rope that appeared to be anchored to the sea bed off-shore South West of Dassen Island. ...

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WHALE RESCUE  | Published: 10 December 2021

Whale Carcass removed from the shoreline

In an operation accompanied by the Police Dive Unit, NSRI Table Bay and Police divers assisted the City of Cape Town (CoCT) Marine Animal Stranding Network to remove a 9 meter Humpback whale carcass from where the carcass had beached ...

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RESCUE BASES  | Published: 6 December 2021

GQEBERHA HAS A NEW AUXILIARY BASE

The coastline area between Port Elizabeth harbour and Jeffreys Bay is a multifunctional area, that predominantly has sandy beaches. These beaches are not only frequently used by beachgoers, but by fisherman as well as ski boat users. ...

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