Nic Stevens, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said: At 00h06, Wednesday, 1 May, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following a request to respond to medically evacuate a Chinese crewman to hospital from a cargo motor vessel that was passing by ...
Jerome Simonis, NSRI Knysna station commander, said: At 07h43, Thursday, 2 May, NSRI Knysna duty crew were activated following reports from eyewitnesses, a foreign couple on holiday in Knysna, of a body in the water near to Belvedere on Knysna Lagoon. ...
Twenty-two fishermen were rescued from their sinking fishing trawler off the coast of Cape Town on Friday ...
As the ‘23/’24 Survival Swimming season draws to a close, we take a look at the very first volunteer Survival Swimming venue, the Sea Point Pavilion in Cape Town, which is still going strong. ...
Thanks to an extensive air, sea and shoreline search on 24 March, four divers’ lives were saved after they went missing in marine protected area Protea Banks. ...
There is a lot more to the NSRI’s services than water sport and rip current rescues. They also play a vital role in at-sea medical evacuations. ...
As the weather cools and beach-goers begin to retreat indoors, the NSRI’s Lifeguard Operations Managers Rebecca Carter-Smith and Mthetheleli Kweyama reflect on a successful six months. ...
In the course of conducting research for his memoir, John Fourie – a founding member of the NSRI’s long-defunct Walvis Bay station – has unearthed some fascinating history in the institute’s archives, ensuring this extraordinary station is not forgotten. ...
This April, a small but tenacious crew moved into their new base building, finally giving them a place to call home. ...
A Johannesburg woman was treated after a serious fall in Plettenberg Bay and a fisherman swept off the rocks was rescued in Mossel Bay ...
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