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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 December 2018

Incidents on Christmas day included 2 successful rescues with bystanders using NSRI pink rescue buoys in Jeffreys Bay and Lamberts Bay:  

JEFFREYS BAY:Rieghard Janse van Rensburg, NSRI Jeffreys Bay station commander, said:At 09h25, Tuesday, 25th December, 2 teenagers, a boy aged 14 from Paarl and a girl aged 13 from Port Elizabeth, who were swimming at the beach near to the ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 December 2018

Christmas day incidents in Wilderness and Boxing Day incidents Struisbaai, Shelly Beach, Ramsgate, Mfazana, Natures Valley, Blouberg, Jeffreys Bay: 

WILDERNESS:Mike Vonk, NSRI Wilderness deputy station commander, said:25 December 17h23, NSRI Station 23 Wilderness were alerted by life guards on Wilderness Beach who requested assistance with 4 casualties caught in a rip-current.NSRI crew, who had based themselves at the station ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 December 2018

Fatal drowning - Richards Bay. Assistance at motor vehicle accident - Port Nolloth

RICHARDS BAY:Jacques Kruger, NSRI Richards Bay duty coxswain, said:At 16h36, Wednesday, 26th December, NSRI Station 19 Richards Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Mtanzini River Mouth. Port Dunford.The sea rescue craft Spirit of ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 25 December 2018

3 fatal drownings in 3 separate incidents - Mossel Bay, Strand, Wilderness. And the body of missing child found - Beachview, Port Elizabeth:

MOSSEL BAY:At 09h04, Tuesday, 25th December, NSRI Station 15 Mossel Bay were activated to reports of a drowning in progress in the Great Brak River, Suiderkruis, Mossel Bay, near to the river mouth.Municipal lifeguards had initiated a search for an ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 25 December 2018

A fatal drowning at Buffalo Bay, Knysna

At 16h15, Tuesday, 25th December, NSRI Station 12 Knysna responded to Buffalo Bay following reports of a drowning in progress.Lifeguards, Western Cape Government Health EMS and EMS Rescue, Knysna Fire and Rescue Services and the SA Police Services were responding ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 24 December 2018

Zinkwazi – Teenager missing in the surf:

Brendon Power, NSRI Ballito duty coxswain said:At approximately 14h30, Sunday, 23rd December, NSRI Ballito duty crew, IPSS Medical Rescue , KDM (Kwadakuza) Municipal Pro Lifesaving lifeguards and Police Search and Rescue were activated following reports of a drowning in progress ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 24 December 2018

Incidents on Sunday, 23rd December

JEFFREYS BAY:At 10h30, Sunday, 23rd December, NSRI Station 37 Jeffreys Bay were activated following reports of 5 swimmers in trouble at the beach break between Magna Tubes and Boneyards.A 16 year old female and a 17 year old male were ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 24 December 2018

Yacht assisted - EAST LONDON. Surfskier assisted - PORT NOLLOTH

EAST LONDON:Geoff McGregor, NSRI East London station commander, said:On Sunday, 23rd December, NSRI Station 7 East London launched the sea rescue craft Spirit of DHL to assist the 40 foot yacht Kambro, last Port of call Richards Bay, with ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 23 December 2018

Teenager missing in the surf:

MILNERTON, CAPE TOWN:At 18h31, Saturday, 22nd December, the The City of Cape Town (CoCT) Water Rescue Network were activated by Law Enforcement who were on the scene at Milnerton Lagoon beach where information of a child disappeared beneath the surf ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 23 December 2018

Father and son missing at sea:

BEACH VIEW, PORT ELIZABETH:At 21h06, Saturday, 22nd December, NSRI Station 6 Port Elizabeth were alerted to reports of a father and son missing in the sea at Beach View.It appears that the father, 35, his son, 10, from Beach View ...

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