An Austrian man is sadly deceased following a fatal-drowning accident at Wilderness on Saturday. ...
At 06h15, Saturday, 31 January, NSRI Ballito duty crew and IPSS Medical Rescue were activated to respond to Salmon Bay ski-boat club following reports of a male spear-fisherman injured in a boating accident at Christmas Bay. ...
Well-known and highly respected in the community, local John Flanigan, age 80, is sadly deceased following an incident at sea offshore South of On-the-Rocks, Bloubergstrand, on his sea-kayak. Condolences are conveyed to family and friends. ...
At 13h45 on Saturday, 10 January, NSRI Durban duty controllers were alerted by a ship’s agent to an American-flagged heavy-lift motor vessel requesting a medical evacuation of a 58-year-old male Chief Engineer suffering from a cardiac condition. ...
At 17h52, Monday, 12 January, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following a public member eyewitness reporting to NSRI's EOC (Emergency Operations Centre), via the 112 national emergency number, of a fishing vessel ablaze approximately 1 nautical mile offshore of Noordhoek, Gqeberha. ...
At 15h09, Friday, 9 January, NSRI Yzerfontein duty crew were activated following an eyewitness who was concerned for 2 males who were appearing to be in distress in the surf zone at Swem Gat, Pearl Bay Beach, Yzerfontein. ...
At 17h41, Saturday, 10 January, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew and NSRI coast watchers, at Natures Valley, were activated following multiple eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress at Natures Valley Lagoon, Grootrivier, Natures Valley. ...
At 18h39 on Tuesday, 6 January, KZN South Coast NSRI’s Nkazimulo Nyawose, of the NSRI drowning prevention team, was inspecting NSRI pink rescue buoys deployed along the KZN South Coast coastline when he raised the alarm after witnessing a drowning ...
At 08h15 on Monday, 5 January, NSRI St Lucia Station Commander, Melinda Snyman, received an emergency call from a family member of four men, reporting that she was witnessing the four men capsized on their boat in the surf zone ...
At 08h35 on Sunday, 4 January, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from two men on sea kayaks, approximately half a nautical mile offshore between Oslo Beach and Shelly Beach. One sea kayak was ...
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