At 08h15 on Monday, 5 January, NSRI St Lucia Station Commander, Melinda Snyman, received an emergency call from a family member of four men, reporting that she was witnessing the four men capsized on their boat in the surf zone ...
At 08h35 on Sunday, 4 January, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from two men on sea kayaks, approximately half a nautical mile offshore between Oslo Beach and Shelly Beach. One sea kayak was ...
At 14h57 on Monday, 5 January, NSRI Mdumbi duty crew were activated following reports from Nyandeni Municipality of a drowning in progress near Hluleka Nature Reserve, at a beach known as Banana Beach. ...
At 17h35 on Friday, 2 January, NSRI Durban duty crew were alerted by MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) to prepare for a medical evacuation operation expected to take place at approximately 14h00 on Sunday afternoon. The operation involved a 24-year-old ...
The South African Police Service, Police Search and Rescue, assisted by Metro Police Search and Rescue, Law Enforcement, and, at times, lifeguards, emergency services, municipal authorities, and the NSRI, are continuing their search efforts along the KwaZulu-Natal coastline. ...
At 10h45 on Friday, 2 January, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following reports of a 23-foot catamaran motor vessel, with five crew onboard, taking on water and reporting to be low on fuel approximately eight nautical miles offshore in ...
At 08h36, Friday, 02 January 2026, NSRI St Lucia duty crew were activated following reports of a jetski capsized South of Ingwe Beach, St Lucia. ...
At 12h34, Friday, 2 January, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a Catamaran motor vessel, with three adult male crew onboard, reporting motor mechanical failure, eight nautical miles offshore East of Cape Seal ...
At 18h49, Friday, 2 January, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Blue Water Bay, Gqeberha. ...
At 12h24, Friday, 2 January, NSRI Rocky Bay, Police Search and Rescue, IPSS Medical Rescue, lifeguards, Metro Police Search and Rescue and the SA Police Services were activated and responded to reports from Gladiator Security of a drowning in progress ...
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