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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 23 June 2020

Tuesday, 23 June. Incidents: Langebaan, Mossel Bay and Durban

LANGEBAAN:Mike Shaw, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said:At 12h33, Monday, 22 June, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for medical assistance from a ship at anchor in the Langebaan Lagoon.The sea ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 21 June 2020

Herolds Bay – Hiker rescued off a shoreline cliff:

[video width='848' height='480' mp4='https://www.nsri.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/VID-20200621-WA0028.mp4'][/video]Garth Dominy, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said:At 10h48, Sunday, 21 June, NSRI Wilderness duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a group of local hikers reporting one of their hiking party who had gotten ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 19 June 2020

Langebaan: Fishermen located following a search

Mike Shaw, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said:At 11h25, Thursday, 18 June, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following reports of 2 local fishermen, age 35 and 46, on a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) being swept out to sea off-shore ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 18 June 2020

Hermanus – Wednesday, 17 June. Child missing

Deon Langenhoven, NSRI Hermanus station commander, said:A Police Dive Unit are continuing in an ongoing search at Gansbaai harbour for a 10 year old local male child that went missing yesterday after reportedly falling into the water on the outside ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 17 June 2020

Wednesday, 17 June. Whale assisted in disentanglement operation

https://youtu.be/6HQh3kjXJIQIan Klopper, SAWDN team leader, said:At 12h44, Wednesday, 17 June, SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers launched from Kommetjie with NSRI (National Sea Rescue Institute) Kommetjie duty crew aboard the NSRI Kommetjie sea rescue craft Spirit of the Vines and ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 16 June 2020

Incidents - Kommetjie and Port Elizabeth:

KOMMETJIE:Kelly-Ann Irving, NSRI Kommetjie deputy station commander, said:At 15h51, Sunday, 14 June, NSRI Kommetjie duty crew were activated following reports of a kite-boarder suspected to be missing off-shore at Misty Cliffs.Our sea rescue vehicle responded to the location to investigate ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 15 June 2020

Oyster Bay – Sunday, 14 June. Fisherman deceased

Lodewyk van Rensburg, NSRI Oyster Bay station commander, said:At 15h45, Sunday, 14 June, NSRI Oyster Bay duty crew were activated following a request for urgent medical assistance from a local angler reporting that a fellow angler, who he had been ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 14 June 2020

National Incidents - False Bay, Kommetjie, Pringle Bay, Durban, Hermanus, Hout Bay and Llandudno:

FALSE BAY:Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simon's Town station commander, said:At 13h46, Friday, 12 June, NSRI Simon's Town duty crew were activated following reports of a surfer suspected of being washed out to sea at St James Beach and eye-witnesses reporting the ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 11 June 2020

Durban North Coast – Wednesday, 10 June. Incident:

Quentin Power, NSRI Ballito station commander, said:At 21h00, Wednesday, 10th June, NSRI Ballito duty crew were activated following simultaneous eye-witness reports to NSRI Ballito and to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) of a suspected drowning in progress off-shore North of ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 9 June 2020

Gordon's Bay – Saturday, 06 June. Body recovered

Alan Meiklejohn, NSRI Gordon's Bay station commander, said:On Saturday, 06 June, at 08h25, NSRI Gordon's Bay duty crew were activated following reports from a fisherman of a body in the ocean that he had happened upon while fishing off-shore of ...

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