Geoff McGregor, NSRI East London station commander, said: 'At 15h02, Sunday, 28th April, NSRI East London volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports from East London surf lifeguards of a man gone missing in the surf at Eastern ...
The AMS helicopter flies over the Gordons Bay rescue boat Jack Riley and Hermanus rescue boat Hunters Gold Rescuer after the two men were found. Picture by Richard Starke.At 14h47 on Sunday 28th of April, NSRI Hermanus and Gordons ...
UPDATE 2 : CAPE POINT. Wednesday, 01st May, 2013: Body of missing fisherman found:At approximately 14h05, Wednesday, 01st May, a body, believed to be that of of Lucas van Wyk, 33, from Steenberg, Southern Suburbs, Cape Town, was located ...
At 17h20 on Thursday the 25th of April Port Edward duty crew were activated following reports from a local fisherman that five school children, 13 to 14 years old, were being swept out to sea by rip-currents at Grannies Pool ...
UPDATE: SEA RESCUE RICHARDS BAY:In a 23 hour operation NSRI Richards Bay's volunteers have brought Sea Express II safely into Richards Bay harbour.SPIRIT OF RICHARDS BAY rendezvoused with SEA EXPRESS II at approximately 19h00 on Monday 22nd April, and found ...
At 15h45 on Monday the 22 April, Plettenberg Bay volunteers were called out following numerous eye-witness reports of a red distress flare sighted off the Beacon Island hotel.Deon Truter, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said: 'Our NSRI Plettenberg Bay volunteer ...
Spirit of Iffley brings the fisherman to shore.At 07h23 on Tuesday the 23 of April, Yzerfontein duty crew were called out following reports from a local VHF radio watchman, Marius van Rhyn, that the local quota crayfish fishing boat ...
Call outs for Agulhas, PE, Mykonos, East London, Plett and Hermanus:STRUISBAAI: Boat suspected to be in difficulty turns out to be a false alarm with good intentions:At 09h05 on Saturday the 20th of April the Agulhas volunteers were called out ...
At 11h00 on Saturday the 20th of April NSRI Hartbeespoort Dam volunteers were called out following reports of a Bass fishing boat experiencing steerage mechanical failure on the Western side of Hartbeespoort Dam, off Lakeland, with two Johannesburg fishermen onboard.Rodney ...
At 13h08 on Thursday the 18th of April NSRI Simonstown duty crew were called out to assist the quota crayfish boat DABULA MANZI reporting total loss of steering from steering mechanical failure.Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown station commander, said: 'There were ...
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