In two cases, led by Police WPDS (Water Policing and Diving Services), assisted by NSRI Hartbeespoort Dam, Hartbeespoort SRU (Strategic Rescue Unit), Hartbeespoort Law Enforcement and Tshwane emergency services water rescue unit, search efforts are ongoing for two missing men ...
A Finnish couple have been assisted after their sailing yacht drifted ashore in the early hours of Tuesday morning at Santos Beach, Mossel Bay. ...
Cape Town, [Monday 20 January 2025] – Following an incident involving a seal and freedivers off Simons Town’s Windmill Beach in False Bay, the NSRI wishes to acknowledge the swift response and ongoing efforts of the City of Cape Town ...
Brian Gosling, NSRI Gordons Bay duty coxswain, said: At 15h16, Sunday, 19 January, the CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network was alerted by Strand Surf Lifesaving lifeguards and CoCT lifeguards engaged in a search for a missing man ...
CoCT Law Enforcement and NSRI Strandfontein recovered 7 survival immersion suits in 24 hours. The origin of these suits remains unclear, though no distress signals have been reported. ...
NSRI Port Alfred responded to reports of a capsized boat in the Kowie River Mouth. Two men, wearing life jackets, were rescued by Good Samaritan Kye McGregor. NSRI righted and towed the boat to safety. ...
A young man swept out to sea has been saved thanks to the quick thinking of an NSRI St. Francis Bay coxswain and his 2 friends fishing nearby on their boat ...
A man has gone missing following reports of a drowning in progress at Bonza Bay Beach, Beacon Bay, East London. ...
A Good Samaritan, a student at Potchefstroom, who is from Durbanville, Cape Town, and visiting Mossel Bay with friends, fellow Potch students, has been commended for his rescue efforts that contributed to saving the life of a woman caught in ...
Catherine Prentis, NSRI East London station commander, said: At 18h05, NSRI East London duty crew were activated following reports from BCM (Buffalo City Municipal) lifeguards engaged in a mass rescue operation at Bonza Bay Beach, Beacon Bay, East London. ...
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