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WINNERS  | Published: 20 June 2025

Photo of the month: June 2025

Send us your favourite photograph of NSRI people doing what we do, and you could win an NSRI shop voucher worth R250! Simply email your photo (which should be no smaller than 2MB) to news@searescue.org.za with 'Monthly photo' in the ...

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ANIMAL RESCUE  | Published: 20 June 2025

NSRI teams rally to help TEARS animal rescue after devastating floods

Last month, intense rains led to severe flooding at TEARS Animal Rescue in Sunnydale, inundating parts of the facility, with the dog kennels among the worst affected. Quick coordination and swift action from the NSRI, along with the broader community ...

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PINK RESCUE BUOY  | Published: 20 June 2025

Pink Rescue Buoys: bright, bold, and saving lives

There are 1 859 Pink Rescue Buoys (PRBs) along South Africa’s coastlines, dams, and rivers. As of this month, they’ve been used in 221 rescues that the NSRI knows of. That’s 221 lives saved because someone noticed a person in ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 20 June 2025

NSRI turns medevac into critical training opportunity through regional teamwork

When a call came through the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) reporting that a crewman had sustained serious burns aboard a vessel off the coast of St Helena Bay, the NSRI mobilised swiftly. ...

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RESCUE  | Published: 20 June 2025

From calm waters to crisis: why the NSRI recommends every paddler use SafeTrx

For Durban paddlers Ameer and Ahmed, what began as a routine Saturday fishing trip quickly became a test of endurance, courage, and trust in strangers. ...

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RESCUE  | Published: 20 June 2025

Every second counts: how the Plettenberg Bay NSRI Crew reaches a rescue in just 13 minutes

When the air raid siren sounds over Plettenberg Bay, locals know to stop and look out — because Station 14’s Sea Rescue crew is already moving. And within just 13 minutes, they’ll be on the scene. ...

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ANIMAL RESCUE  | Published: 18 June 2025

West Coast - A juvenile Humpback whale succsessfully assisted in a disentanglement operation

A juvenile Humpback whale has been successfully disentangled from fishing rope and flotation buoys in a challenging disentanglement operation on Tuesday. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 17 June 2025

Two Children Saved at Diaz Beach – NSRI Assists Stranded Boat in Hermanus

MOSSEL BAY: 2 young female children were rescued from the surf zone while swimming with friends at Diaz Beach 2, Mossel Bay. ...

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ANIMAL RESCUE  | Published: 7 June 2025

Juvenile Humpback whale successfully released from an entanglement

On Saturday, 7 June, BCMM (Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality) Aquarium arranged a local fixed wing aircraft (airborne on a flight) to scan the coastline in an effort to spot a Humpback whale trailing a large flotation buoy that had been ...

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FUNDRAISING  | Published: 6 June 2025

Brave the cold to support the NSRI this winter solstice!

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) invites you to brave the cold and take a dip for our cause by participating in a winter solstice plunge to raise vital funds. ...

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