Easter weekend marked the close of the 2025/2026 NSRI lifeguarding season, wrapping up sustained effort from lifeguards across South Africa’s coastline. Looking back, Lifeguarding Operations Manager Rebecca Carter-Smith describes it as “one of our most demanding, but also one of ...
Rescue 4 is finally home and ready to serve the Mykonos coastline for decades to come. ...
The NSRI’s Volunteer Support Centre (VSC) training team, last month, joined forces with Station 46 in Storms River for a maritime extrication refresher session, set high above the forest floor on the platforms of Tsitsikamma Canopy Tours. ...
In Plettenberg Bay, the sound of a siren drifting across town carries a meaning that locals understand instantly. It signals that the NSRI are responding to an emergency at sea. Cars pull over, conversations pause, and people turn their attention ...
Earlier this month, the NSRI’s new Mykonos rescue vessel, Rescue 4, went into the water for the first time, marking a major milestone for the station and for the organisation’s Class 1 replacement programme. It is the second-last of the ...
We are thrilled to announce that Italtile Ceramics (Pty) Ltd, along with the Italtile and Ceramic Foundation, has become the first corporate partner to secure its name on the side of the Spirit of Ubuntu – the final Offshore Rescue ...
It was a year of courage and impact for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). In 2025, thousands of lives were touched, not only in moments of crisis, but through education, training, and the steady presence of volunteers along South ...
When the NSRI launches into heavy seas, the story the public sees is one of courage and fast-moving action. But behind every rescue is a quieter, more complex reality. One defined not only by bravery, but by judgement. The principle ...
There is a particular kind of excitement that comes with new beginnings – the mix of pride in how far one has come, and the quiet anticipation of what lies ahead. ...
The work of the NSRI has always extended far beyond the shoreline, but over the past year, a quiet transformation has been taking place within the organisation. Rescue crews and Community Programme instructors, who once operated largely in parallel, are ...
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