Four nautical miles off the Port of Durban, NSRI Durban crew carried out a maritime medical evacuation on Saturday, 26 September, bringing an injured seafarer safely ashore for further treatment. ...
A man has died after getting into difficulty while bodyboarding at Kenton-on-Sea middle beach on Friday, 25 September, despite the efforts of three Good Samaritans and NSRI Port Alfred crew to save his life ...
As South Africa marks Heritage Day and joins the international community in observing World Maritime Day on 24 September, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is celebrating nearly 60 years of South Africans working together to save lives on the ...
Police divers are continuing search efforts for an 11-year-old boy who went missing in the surf at Silver Beach, Port Edward, after being caught in rip currents while swimming with classmates on Tuesday, 22 September. ...
LANGEBAAN – West Point Processors, part of the Sea Harvest Group, has marked 25 years of support for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) by committing a further R810,000 over the next three years. ...
Johan Otto had just finished a paddle at Strand Beach on Monday, 21 September, when he noticed a commotion in the surf: a man was being swept out to sea in rip currents, struggling to keep his head above water ...
A rescue crew responding to reports of a drowning in progress at Monwabisi Beach on Monday found no one in difficulty, and their search seemed to have reached a dead end. Then, as the NSRI rescue craft turned for home ...
Two NSRI rescue swimmers battled extremely strong rip currents to pull a swimmer to safety at Monwabisi on Sunday, 20 September, after NSRI Strandfontein crew spotted him in trouble while carrying out routine equipment checks at the station's auxiliary satellite base. ...
NSRI Port Alfred and Kenton-on-Sea, together with Police and local security partners, are continuing an extensive search operation after a 20-year-old man went missing while night fishing on the banks of the Kariega River. ...
Two men, aged 37 and 42, drowned at S-Bend near Mnandi Beach in False Bay on Sunday afternoon after NSRI Strandfontein, SAPS, Cape Town DRM, Fire and Rescue, EMS and other emergency services responded to a large-scale rescue operation — ...
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