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Melkbosstrand callout 14may2024
RESCUES  | Published: 15 May 2024

One man deceased, and another and 3 pet dogs are missing at sea near Bloubergstrand

SAPS Water Policing and Diving Servicesand Table View Police continue searching for missing Pierre Lotter, age 23, from Kathu, and 3 Dachshund dogs at Bloubergstrand shoreline. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 13 May 2024

Spirit of Santam II, NSRI Saint Helena Bay’s new JetRIB blessed.

The blessing of a new rescue vessel is a time-honoured tradition in the NSRI. ...

2024 05 08 Shelly Beach
RESCUES  | Published: 9 May 2024

Good Samaritan using a rescue torpedo buoy saves a man's life

Good Samaritan Scelo Cele, of Shelly Beach Tower Control, is commended for saving an adult man who was caught in rip currents yesterday at the boat launch slipway side of Shelly beach / on Tuesday, 7 May, during the morning. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 4 May 2024

Two hikers, on the Otter trail, trapped on rocks in a rising tide were rescued

Charles Hutchins, NSRI Oyster Bay shore controller, said: At 07h40, Friday, 3 May, NSRI Storms River duty crew and SA National Parks Tsitsikamma Park rangers were activated following reports of 2 hikers stranded on rocks, in a gulley along the ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 3 May 2024

Man deceased onboard a motor vessel

Nic Stevens, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said: At 00h06, Wednesday, 1 May, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following a request to respond to medically evacuate a Chinese crewman to hospital from a cargo motor vessel that was passing by ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 3 May 2024

Body of an unidentified lady recovered near to Belvedere on Knysna Lagoon.

Jerome Simonis, NSRI Knysna station commander, said: At 07h43, Thursday, 2 May, NSRI Knysna duty crew were activated following reports from eyewitnesses, a foreign couple on holiday in Knysna, of a body in the water near to Belvedere on Knysna Lagoon. ...

26april sinking rescue
RESCUES  | Published: 27 April 2024

22 fishermen rescued from sinking vessel off the coast of Cape Town

Twenty-two fishermen were rescued from their sinking fishing trawler off the coast of Cape Town on Friday ...

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RESCUE  | Published: 26 April 2024

Close call: Divers drift 33km before rescue

Thanks to an extensive air, sea and shoreline search on 24 March, four divers’ lives were saved after they went missing in marine protected area Protea Banks. ...

Mossel Bay Rescue 25 April
RESCUES  | Published: 25 April 2024

Injured woman assisted in Plett, and a fisherman rescued in Mossel Bay

A Johannesburg woman was treated after a serious fall in Plettenberg Bay and a fisherman swept off the rocks was rescued in Mossel Bay ...

JLT Rescuer
RESCUES  | Published: 21 April 2024

Scuba diver declared deceased following dive near Gqeberha

A tourist surfaced from a scuba dive unconscious, and despite efforts to revive him, he was declared deceased. ...

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