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2024 01 18 Rescue 6 Apla
RESCUES  | Published: 19 January 2024

National Incidents

NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were alerted by an eyewitness reporting an adult man on a SUP (stand-up paddle board) appearing to be drifting out to sea and in difficulty at Rooi Els. ...

2023 01 17 Melkbosstrand Pygmy Sperm Whale
WHALE RESCUE  | Published: 18 January 2024

Melkbosstrand Beached Pygmy Sperm Whales

City of Cape Town (COCT) Marine Animal Stranding Network were alerted to reports of Pygmy Sperm whales beached at Melkbosstrand. ...

2024 01 17 Durban MRCC Image
RESCUES  | Published: 17 January 2024

Global Solo Challenge Yacht, Fuji, Assisted by NSRI Durban

NSRI Durban duty crew launched the NSRI Durban rescue craft Spirit of Surfski 6 to assist a dismasted sailing yacht into Port. ...

2024 01 12 Jet Rib
RESCUES  | Published: 16 January 2024

Multiple National Incidents

Police are investigating a case at the Hermanus old harbour where clothing, a cellphone and other items were discovered on the shore. ...

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SAFETY ALERT  | Published: 16 January 2024

NSRI SAFETY ALERT

NSRI are appealing to bathers, boaters, paddlers, sailors, anglers and coastal hikers to be cautious around the coastline and on inland water ways and on coastal hiking trails. ...

2024 01 16 St Francis Seal Point
RESCUES  | Published: 16 January 2024

Fatal Incident Seal Point

NSRI St Francis Bay and Kouga lifeguards were alerted to a surfer reportedly requiring medical assistance at Seal Point, Cape St Francis. ...

2025 01 14 Shelly Beach Sunwich Port
RESCUES  | Published: 15 January 2024

NSRI and Police Search for Local Man Missing in Sunwich Port Waters

NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated to assist Police Search and Rescue between Sunwich Port and Melville Beach in a search launched for a missing man. ...

2024 01 12 Gauteng Flash Flood
RESCUES  | Published: 15 January 2024

Flash flooding incidents across Gauteng

NSRI are appealing to motorists and pedestrians not to attempt to proceed through flooded roadways and not to attempt to cross over bridges affected by swollen or flooded river ways. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 12 January 2024

Missing Teenager at Mtwalume Beach

Thursday, 11 January, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following a request to assist Police Search and Rescue at a search at Mtwalume Beach, KZN South Coast, where a 15 year old local male had gone missing in the ...

2024 01 08 Pink RB
PINK RESCUE BUOY  | Published: 8 January 2024

NSRI Pink Rescue Buoys

The NSRI’s Pink Rescue Buoys are public rescue equipment deployed at selected beaches, rivers and dams around South Africa and have been used to help rescue 177 people that we know of. ...

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