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NEWS  | Published: 12 March 2016

Gannet rescued:

At 14h40 on Friday 11 March Simon's Town Sea Rescue volunteers freed a Juvenile Cape Gannet that was trapped in coils of barbed wire near the False Bay yacht club. Noticing that the bird was in difficulty as they were ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 12 March 2016

Fatal drowning, Clovelly. Boat Capsizes, Simon's Town

At 11h17 on Saturday the 12th of March, NSRI Simon's Town and NSRI Kommetjie duty crews, while on a routine stand-by in Fish Hoek Bay at the There and Back Hobie-Cat Regatta, at Fish Hoek Beach, were alerted by the ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 12 March 2016

Man suspected to be swept out to sea on a raft

At 10h40 on Saturday the 12th of March, NSRI Port St Johns duty crew were activated following a report from the security at the Cape Hermes lighthouse at Port St Johns of a man being swept out to sea through ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 9 March 2016

Lamberts Bay. Boat capsizes, 1 survivor, 1 missing, 2 fatalities:

At 17h51 on Tuesday the 08th of March, NSRI Lamberts Bay and NSRI Mykonos duty crews were activated following reports of a small boat with 4 local Lamberts Bay fishermen onboard, capsized a few hundered meters off Muisbosskerm, between Lamberts ...

Margate
RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 6 March 2016

School outing ends in tragedy at Margate

This image of Margate Beach has been taken from the internet site www.seaside-holidays.co.zaAt 18h20 on Saturday the 5th of March, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a multiple drowning in progress at Margate Beach.NSRI ...

District Mail
RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 4 March 2016

Jet-skier assisted in Port Alfred and a fatal drowning in Strand:

Image source: District Mail Facebook pageSTRAND: At 15h14, Thursday, 03 March, NSRI Gordons Bay were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following eye-witness reports of a man in difficulty in the surf at Strand Beach.According to reports ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 2 March 2016

Whale disentanglement operation:

At 09h00 on Wednesday the 2nd of March, the SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers were activated following eye-witness reports of a whale appearing to be entangled in fishing rope and floatation buoys off Bantry Bay.It appears that the whale ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 1 March 2016

Plettenberg Bay – Hiker rescued

At 17h09, Monday, 29th February, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from concerned friends of 71 year old hiker Jean Myburgh, from Stellenbosch, (staying in Natures Valley on holiday with friends from Stellenbosch), a ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 29 February 2016

Sunday, 28th February. Incidents:

SEA RESCUE – National – Sunday, 28th February. Incidents: SIMONS TOWN:At 13h32, Sunday, 28th February, NSRI Simonstown duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following reports from paddlers who had been on a Millers Point down ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 28 February 2016

Station 27 help with search for child in Jukskei river:

Station 27, Victoria Lake, assisted the SAPS in searching for six-year-old Angel Sibanda, who dissapeared during flash floods on Thursday evening, 25 February. NSRI teams searched on Saturday and Sunday along a stretch of the Jukskei river. Her body was ...

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