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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 23 January 2018

Two fishing boats assisted - Millers Point

MILLERS POINT:Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simon's Town station commander, said:At 14h32, Tuesday, 23rd January, NSRI Simon's Town duty crew launched the sea rescue craft Spirit of Surfski II following reports of a fishing ski-boat adrift with suspected fuel starvation reporting to ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 22 January 2018

Kloofers rescued and jet-ski assisted

EditedPLETTENBERG BAY:Marc Rodgers, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said:At 20h53, Sunday, 21st January, NSRI Plettenberg Bay Swift Water Rescue Team were activated following a request for assistance from the Mountain Club of South Africa - Garden Route Division (MCSA), engaged ...

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PHOTOS  | Published: 21 January 2018

Stuck in the Mud at Elands Bay

UPDATE: Corrections from the mom of the young boy:For the record, I would like to make a few corrections to the details above: Sylvan (Kommetjie) was stuck in chest deep mud for several (+3.5) hours before anyone could physically get ...

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PHOTOS  | Published: 21 January 2018

Dolphin rescued at Cape St Francis

CAPE ST FRANCIS:Sarah Smith, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said:This morning, Sunday, 21st January, we had a rescue of a different kind. One of our crew members was alerted to a stranded Bottlenose dolphin approximately 2 meters in length ...

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PHOTOS  | Published: 21 January 2018

Drowning at Morgan Bay

MORGAN BAY:Geoff McGregor, NSRI East London station commander, said:At 12h50, Sunday, 21st January, NSRI East London were alerted to reports of a drowning in progress at Morgan Bay.Morgan Bay Hotel owner Richard Warren Smith launched his jet-ski and recovered a ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 20 January 2018

Busy start to the weekend

ST FRANCIS BAY:Sarah Smith, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said:At 19h25, Friday, 19th January, NSRI St Francis Bay duty crew were activated following a request for medical assistance from the Chokka fishing vessel Viagro.A 33 year old male crewman ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 19 January 2018

Teenager missing - Still Bay. Patient evacuation off Robben Island - Table bay. Yacht assisted - Hout Bay:

STILL BAY:Arrie Combrinck, NSRI Still Bay station commander, said:At 17h00, Friday, 19th January, NSRI Still Bay duty crew were alerted following reports of a teenager suspected to be missing in the Goukou River about 800 meters upstream from the river ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 18 January 2018

Paddlers rescued - Sea Point. Patient evacuation off a ship - St Helena Bay

SEA POINT:NSRI's Daniel Heimann said:At 07h16, Thursday, 18th January, NSRI Bakoven and NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following reports from multiple eye-witnesses of 2 paddlers appearing to be in difficulty on ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 17 January 2018

Fatal drowning in at The Point, Knysna Lagoon

File ImageJerome Simonis, NSRI Knysna station commander, said:At 14h56, Wednesday, 17th January, NSRI Knysna duty crew were activated following reports from the SA Police Services (SAPS) of a drowning in progress at The Point, Knysna Lagoon.NSRI Knysna rescue swimmers ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 16 January 2018

Capsize boat - Umkomaas. Pink Rescue Flotation Buoy used by a bystander to rescue a body-boarder being swept out to sea in rip currents:

UMKOMAAS:Kevin Fourie, NSRI Rocky Bay station commander, said:At approximately 06h00, Monday, 15th January, NSRI Rocky Bay duty crew were activated following a report to NSRI Durban of a boat capsized in the surf at Umkomaas.NSRI Rocky Bay crew members who ...

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