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FUNDRAISING  | Published: 8 July 2025

Demolition and Rebuild of NSRI Hout Bay Base Begins — A New Era in Sea Rescue Operations

Cape Town, 8 July 2025 — The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) wishes to inform the Hout Bay community that demolition of the Sea Rescue base in Hout Bay harbour has begun to make way for a state-of-the-art facility that ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 6 July 2025

NSRI – Gordons Bay – Sunday, 6 July. A local fisherman is missing:

A search is ongoing for a fisherman swept off rocks by waves while angling from the shoreline. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 6 July 2025

Monday, 7 July. Update to the shark incident at Mfazazana:

On Sunday, 6 July, along the coastline of Mfazazana, near to Hibberdene, KZN South Coast, during ongoing search and recovery operations, Police K9 Search and Rescue and WPDS (Water Policing and Diving Services) located and recovered the body of a ...

Still Bay
RESCUES  | Published: 1 July 2025

A local well known and much loved man is sadly deceased

Stéfan Grové, NSRI Stilbaai station commander, said: At 15h58, Monday, 30 June, NSRI Still Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a local man in difficulties surf-skiing near to the local Still Bay jetty, upstream on the Goukou River. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 30 June 2025

NSRI Crews Respond to Multiple Coastal Rescues Over Busy Weekend

WILDERNESS: Ian Gerber, NSRI Wilderness duty coxswain, said: At 15h38, Friday, 27 June, NSRI Wilderness duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local mom reporting her 2 children and their grandfather trapped by the Spring high ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 28 June 2025

Safety Alert and incidents - Shelly Beach, Richards Bay, Simons Town:

SAFETY ALERT: NSRI, Police and the Emergency Services are appealing to the maritime community, shoreline anglers, paddlers, sailors and coastal walkers/hikers to be cautious during the cold front currently being experienced around the South Western Cape coastline on Wednesday and ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 28 June 2025

UPDATE: PORT ALFRED – A man is missing

NSRI – Port Alfred – Monday, 7 July. Update on the missing Rhodes student: ...

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RESCUE  | Published: 20 June 2025

From calm waters to crisis: why the NSRI recommends every paddler use SafeTrx

For Durban paddlers Ameer and Ahmed, what began as a routine Saturday fishing trip quickly became a test of endurance, courage, and trust in strangers. ...

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RESCUE  | Published: 20 June 2025

Every second counts: how the Plettenberg Bay NSRI Crew reaches a rescue in just 13 minutes

When the air raid siren sounds over Plettenberg Bay, locals know to stop and look out — because Station 14’s Sea Rescue crew is already moving. And within just 13 minutes, they’ll be on the scene. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 17 June 2025

Two Children Saved at Diaz Beach – NSRI Assists Stranded Boat in Hermanus

MOSSEL BAY: 2 young female children were rescued from the surf zone while swimming with friends at Diaz Beach 2, Mossel Bay. ...

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