When British model builder Douglas Twine began his first-ever model lifeboat, he never imagined his project would lead him into the history and heart of South Africa’s NSRI. His working-scale model of the Brede class lifeboat is more than a ...
On Saturday, 21 February, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from 4 local men onboard a RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) reporting motor mechanical failure. ...
Send us your favourite photograph of NSRI people doing what we do, and you could win an NSRI shop voucher worth R250! ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute exists to save lives at sea and on inland waters. Fire response is not part of its core mandate, and any involvement in wildfire incidents must take place within South Africa’s legal and emergency-response framework ...
The NSRI is proving that style and purpose can sail side by side. The organisation’s latest clothing range isn’t just about looking good; it’s about doing good. Every garment sold helps fund vital personal protective equipment that keeps NSRI rescue ...
When seconds matter, distance makes all the difference. That’s the thinking behind the National Sea Rescue Institute’s newest satellite (SAT) station at Fish Hoek. It’s a compact but potent addition designed to cut response times for surfski emergencies and drownings ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has launched Cars4Good 2026 – a national fundraising and awareness campaign designed not only to support rescue readiness, but to help South Africans better understand how drowning prevention works long before an emergency ever happens. ...
When NSRI Regional Operations Manager and Class 1 coxswain Dean Wegerle put his name forward for “a spot on a French Navy ship”, he didn’t quite expect to find himself on a 98-metre warship, eating three-course meals and learning celestial ...
When Gemini Marine began building the first of the new 5.5-metre rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) for the NSRI, destined for Station 14 in Plettenberg Bay, it marked more than a routine fleet upgrade. It reflected a renewed focus on what ...
A Zimbabwean man, aged 26, has gone missing, reportedly while wading in the Bot River Lagoon. ...
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