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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 8 December 2019

1 Man missing, 1 man hospitalised and additional incidents

Alan Meiklejohn, NSRI Gordon's Bay station commander said:A Police Dive Unit and the SA Police Services are continuing in an ongoing search for a man, believed to be aged 30, who is missing at Strand Beach.NSRI Gordon's Bay were activated ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 8 December 2019

SEA RESCUE – NATIONAL – Sunday, 08 December. Safety Appeal and Incidents this week

NSRI SAFETY APPEAL:NSRI continue to appeal to the public to only swim at beaches protected by lifeguards and only swim during the lifeguard beach stand-by times.NSRI are appealing to boaters and paddlers of craft launching to go to sea to ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 4 December 2019

2 Jet-skiers assisted:

Alan Meiklejohn, NSRI Gordon's Bay station commander, said:At 18h25, Tuesday, 03 December, NSRI Gordon's Bay duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of 2 jet ski’s adrift close to the harbour wall at Harbour Island, Gordon's Bay, and persons reported ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 1 December 2019

Betty's Bay Fatality

Schalk Boonzaaier, NSRI kleinmond Station Commander, said:At 12h24, Sunday, 01 December, NSRI Kleinmond duty crew were activated following reports of an adult male free diver missing in the sea at Betty's Bay.2 Friends had been free diving for crayfish together ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 1 December 2019

This week's emergency responses.

JEFFREYS BAY:Michael Van Den Bergh, NSRI Jeffreys Bay Station Commander, said:An NSRI pink rescue buoy has successfully been used in a surf rescue in Jeffreys Bay bringing the NSRI Pink Rescue Buoys total successful deployments to date to 51.On Friday ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 28 November 2019

Patient medivaced off trawler and surfer assisted

ST FRANCIS BAYSara Smith, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said:At 05h59, Wednesday, 27th November, NSRI St Francis Bay duty crew were activated following a request for medical assistance from the skipper of a Cape Town stern trawler requiring a ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 27 November 2019

SEA RESCUE – Update - Rocklands Beach:

On Wednesday morning, during ongoing search and recovery efforts for the remaining 1 missing teenager, an 18 year old male, at Rocklands Beach, a Police Dive Unit supported by Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services technical rescue team, Sea Point ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 27 November 2019

Clipper race yacht escorted: Durban

Roy Wienand, NSRI Durban deputy station commander, said:On Tuesday, 26 November, NSRI Durban duty crew, onboard the sea rescue craft Alick Rennie and Spirit of Surfski 6, rendezvoused with the Clipper Round the World Race yacht Unicef, 10 nautical miles ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 November 2019

SEA RESCUE – SEA POINT – Monday, 25 November. Update Rocklands Beach - Sea Point:

At 17h37, Monday, 25th November, NSRI Table Bay and NSRI Bakoven were alerted following a report from a Cape Times reporter confirming that a body, suspected to be a body of one of the missing teenagers, had been spotted in ...

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AD CAMPAIGNS  | Published: 26 November 2019

SAWDN - PORT ELIZABETH - Monday, 25th November. Humpback whale freed in a disentanglement operation:

At 09h30, Monday, 25th November, SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers launched from the Port Elizabeth NSRI station aboard two NSRI Port Elizabeth sea rescue craft, JLT Rescuer and Spirit of Surfski 4, following eye-witness reports from the crew of ...

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