The South African Search and Rescue Organisation (SASAR) is vital for coordinating search and rescue (SAR) efforts across South Africa’s vast maritime and aeronautical zones. ...
Lifeguards are crucial to water safety, especially when beachgoers flock to the coastline during the festive season. ...
A harrowing rescue in Jongensfontein saw NSRI Stilbaai and local surfers team up to save a family of three swept out to sea by a powerful rip current. ...
The year 2024 marked a period of immense growth and transformation for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). ...
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. ...
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