Incidents in Durban, Kommetjie/ Hout Bay and Table Bay.STATION 5, Durban: Timothy Edwards, NSRI Durban duty coxswain, said:At 10h27, Saturday, 29 August, NSRI Durban duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for assistance ...
Mike Shaw, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said:At 08h48, Saturday, 29 August, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated to assist the Marine Animal Stranding Network and Saldanha Bay Municipality (SBM) to tow an adult Southern Right whale carcass from the ...
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simons Town station commander, said:At 12h13, Thursday, 27 August, NSRI crew, conducting maintenance to the new NSRI Simons Town sea rescue station, were alerted by members of False Bay Yacht Club (FBYC) to a man injured while ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Station 37, Jeffrey’s Bay runs on Girl Power!The Station has one of the largest female contingents across South Africa and the 13 women, ranging in age from 15 to 66, are part of a strong ...
A local lifeguard has saved a teenager who was swept away by rip currents at Herolds Bay. An NSRI pink rescue buoy contributed in the rescue.Garth Dominy, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said:At 15h53, Tuesday, 25 August, NSRI Wilderness duty crew ...
NSRI Port Alfred crews responded to two serious incident on Saturday. The incidents occurred as follows:Gerrit Cloete, NSRI Station 11, Port Alfred duty coxswain, said:At 07h59, Saturday, 22 August, I activated our NSRI Port Alfred duty crew after I ...
MOSSEL BAY:Andre Fraser, , NSRI Mossel Bay station commander, said:At 15h26, Wednesday, 19 August, NSRI Mossel Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following eye-witness reports of a small sailing yacht broken from her mooring ...
NSRI catches up with Two Oceans Aquarium curator Maryke Musson to find out what happened to the loggerhead turtle rescued by the Kommetjie crew.In July 2019, Station 26 (Kommetjie) crew painstakingly disentangled a seal and a loggerhead turtle caught up ...
NSRI salutes our volunteers on the frontline of the fight against Covid-19. Meet Dr Tomé Mendes, a registrar in General Surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) in Cape Town, a Class 1 coxswain, and duty coxswain for Charlie crew at ...
We would not be able to achieve our objectives without the support of our sponsors and partners. We would like to show appreciation to DHL Express for their contribution to the NSRI as first a Platinum Partner and now a ...
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