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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 29 November 2020

Table Bay – Man deceased after falling overboard a fishing vessel:  

Quentin Botha, NSRI Table Bay duty coxswain, said:At 21h42, Saturday, 28 November, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a 59 year old local man fallen overboard a fishing vessel at moorings at Duncan Dock in the ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 22 November 2020

Cape Town – Man rescued in the surf - Koeberg Beach. Kayaker rescued - Hout Bay:

KOEBERG BEACHHein Köhne, NSRI Melkbosstrand deputy station commander, said:At 17h31, Friday, 20 November, NSRI Melkbosstrand duty crew were activated following a request for urgent assistance from a family reporting their son, age 32, being swept out to sea at Koeberg ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 21 November 2020

West Coast – Patient evacuation off a fishing trawler:

Marius Hayes, NSRI ASR (Airborne Sea Rescue) station commander, said:At 12h08, Friday, 20 November, NSRI ASR (Airborne Sea Rescue) duty crew were activated following a request for medical assistance from a local fishing trawler reporting a local adult male fisherman ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 20 November 2020

Paternoster – Ongoing search for a missing fisherman:

A Police Dive Unit are continuing in an ongoing search for a fisherman who went missing off-shore at Paternoster.At 14h48, Thursday, 19 November, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following reports of a fisherman missing at sea at Paternoster.The sea ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 16 November 2020

Rooi Els – 2 fishermen cut off from mainland by the Spring high tide have been airlifted to safety:

At 13h43, Saturday, 14 November, NSRI Kleinmond and NSRI Gordons Bay duty crews were activated following reports from family members of 2 fishermen at Rooi Els on a rock on the Western side of Rooi Els cut off from mainland ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 13 November 2020

Langebaan Lagoon – NSRI assist the SA Police Services:

Mike Shaw, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said:At 18h25, Thursday, 12 November, NSRI Mykonos duty crew diverted the sea rescue craft Jacqueline, during routine training exercises, to respond to Paradise Beach, near to Spreeuwalle, on Langebaan Lagoon, to assist the SA ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 13 November 2020

Hermanus Callouts

Jean le Roux, NSRI Hermanus duty coxswain, said:At 17h15, Thursday, 12 November, NSRI Hermanus duty crew launched the sea rescue craft Rotarian Burnett to respond to assist 3 men on a fishing boat that was suffering engine failure off-shore of ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 13 November 2020

NATIONAL – 2 non-fatal drowning incidents and an appeal for caution on inland and coastal waters:

NATIONAL:2 non-fatal drowning incidents occured in Cape Town on Thursday, 12 November.At Monwabisi Beach on the False Bay coastline, at 14h00, City of Cape Town (CoCT) lifeguards were quick to intervene after a male teenager was swept away by rip ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 13 November 2020

Durban – Local ski-boat with engine failure assisted:

DURBAN:A local ski-boat with engine failure off-shore of Umhlanga was assisted by NSRI Durban to get back to their launch site at the Durban Undersea Club.Tim Edwards, NSRI Durban duty coxswain, said:At 06h13, Thursday, 12 November, NSRI Durban duty crew ...

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ANIMAL RESCUE  | Published: 13 November 2020

What to do if you find a marine animal in distress

Each year, during the second week of October, the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries leads awareness campaigns highlighting the importance of our marine environment and the important role it plays in the lives of all South Africans, whether they ...

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