From 13 December 2021 until 9 January 2022, 188 operations were dealt with by the NSRI’s rescue bases. ...
As we all flock to the coast for a bit of sea and sun over the festive season, it’s inevitable that the NSRI will become busier. These past few months were no different. ...
On the afternoon of Saturday, 29 January, NSRI Lamberts Bay duty crew were activated following Police reports of a man missing in Doringbaai harbour. ...
A fatal drowning accident at Strand Beach, A man missing at a beach near to Sonwabe, False Bay, A non-fatal drowning at Melkbosstrand where a male teenager was resuscitated before being transported to hospital in a critical condition, 3 incidents ...
NSRI Witsand duty crew were activated following reports of a suspected drowning in progress at Witsand Main beach. Additionally, NSRI Ballito duty crew, Kwadakuza lifeguards, IPSS Medical and Rescue, SA Police Services, Police Search and Rescue and Metro Police search ...
NSRI Simonstown duty crew were activated following a request for urgent assistance from a cruising Catamaran reporting that their mooring had parted and they were adrift through the anchorage at Simonstown harbour. They reported that they had collided with a ...
NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Wells Estate Beach ...
At 16h59, Thursday, 6 January, NSRI Port Edward duty crew were activated following reports from an NSRI crewman at Silver Beach of a 16 year old male, from Eastern Cape, injured on the beach. ...
NSRI Durban duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a drowning in progress at Brighton Beach where 2 men were swept out to sea in rip currents while swimming. ...
NSRI Vaal Dam duty crew were activated following reports of a 42 year old Johannesburg man who had gone missing while assisting to rescue birds and their eggs from trees on the flooded Vaal River. ...
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