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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 6 July 2018

4 assisted on beached boat - Knysna. Missing fisherman - Gansbaai. Teenager rescued from rip-current - Jeffreys Bay:

KNYSNA:Jerome Simonis, NSRI Knysna station commander, said:At 14h36, Thursday, 05th July, NSRI Knysna duty crew were activated following reports of 4 young adults on a Bow Rider lagoon boat beached at Coffin Bay in the Knysna Heads at Featherbed Nature ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 4 July 2018

Boat capsizes all 11 crew, a local skipper, 6 Dutch tourists and 4 German tourists rescued:

Jerome Simonis, NSRI Knysna station commander, said:At 13h21, Wednesday, 04th July, NSRI Knysna duty crew were activated following a report from the restaurant staff at East Head Cafe who witnessed a boat capsize in the Knysna Heads, just North of ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 30 June 2018

Whale carcass to be removed and warning of possible increased shark activity - Southern Cape:

On Friday afternoon, 29th June, NSRI Wilderness duty crew were alerted to a whale beaching at Sedgefield Beach, between the Swartvlei River Mouth and Sedgefield Beach.The NSRI Montagu Property Quad Bike with NSRI rescue swimmers was dispatched and SA National ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 June 2018

Fishing boat assisted

Reinard Geldenhuys, NSRI Agulhas station commander, said:At 11h40, Monday, 25th June, NSRI Agulhas duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from the owner of the chuckie boat (small open fishing boat) Stella reporting motor mechanical difficulties and they ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 June 2018

Mooring Buoy recovered and in a separate incident a kite boarder rescued

Mike Shaw, NSRI Mykonos duty controller, said:At 17h54, Sunday, 24th June, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following reports from Langebaan Military of a large floatation buoy spotted floating in the Langebaan Lagoon.The sea rescue craft Spirit of Surfski ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 June 2018

Southern Right Whale fetus located on Kommetjie Beach

Ian Klopper, NSRI Kommetjie station commander, said:At 14h30, Tuesday, 26th June, NSRI Kommetjie were alerted by an Estate Manager in Kommetjie reporting a whale carcass on Kommetjie Beach.We responded to investigate and we located the carcass of a Southern Right ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 25 June 2018

Whale carcass to be towed to Hout Bay

Update:Bruce Bodmer, NSRI Hout Bay duty coxswain, said:The whale carcass towed to Hout Bay from Kommetjie by the NSRI Hout Bay sea rescue craft Nadine Gordimer today has been confirmed to be an adult Southern Right Whale approximately 18 meters ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 24 June 2018

Medical assistance - Port Alfred. Search for boats that raised eye-witness concerns - Betty's Bay. Surf-skier rescued - Simon's Town:

PORT ALFRED:Stephen Slade, NSRI Port Alfred deputy station commander, said:At 10h12, Saturday, 23rd June, NSRI Port Alfred medical crew assisted an adult male at Shelly Beach parking area.The man was reported by bystanders to be suffering seizures.Our NSRI medics stabilised ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 23 June 2018

Assistance at house fire: St Francis

Sara Jane Smith, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said:At 20h10, Thursday, 21st June, NSRI St Francis Bay crew were activated following reports of a house alight in Cape St Francis.Our NSRI crew responded to assist and local community ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 23 June 2018

Reports of a boat capsized:

Stephen Slade, NSRI Port Alfred deputy station commander, said:At 07h07, Saturday, 23rd June, NSRI Port Alfred duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a boat appearing to be capsized in the Kowie River Mouth.Our sea rescue craft Rescue 1 ...

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