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Table bay april 2023
RESCUES  | Published: 6 April 2023

Capsized boat recovered, all crew accounted for and safe

At 19h24, Wednesday, 5 April, NSRI Table Bay and NSRI Bakoven were alerted following reports to the NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) from OPBC (Oceana Power Boat Club) of a ski-boat taking on water off-shore of Green Point Lighthouse. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 3 April 2023

A fisherman is missing in Jeffreys Bay

At 17h10, Sunday, 2 April, NSRI Jeffreys Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a double sea kayak capsized at Walskipper, Paradise Beach, with 2 local men onboard. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 24 March 2023

Kayaking couple rescued in Gordon's Bay

At 18h12, Wednesday, 22 March, NSRI Gordon's Bay duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a man and a woman on a double kayak appearing to be in difficulty off-shore between Gordons Bay Harbour and Harbour Island. ...

Hermanus 21march
RESCUES  | Published: 22 March 2023

Fatal drowning in Hermanus

On Tuesday, 21 March, at 17h20, NSRI Hermanus duty crew and the SA Police Services were activated following eye-witness reports of 3 men swept by waves into the surf off rocks on the shoreline in front of the Windsor Hotel, central Hermanus. ...

Vandawaterfront
RESCUES  | Published: 8 March 2023

Man rescued from the harbour at V&A Waterfront

At approximately 13h00, Sunday, 5 March, NSRI Table Bay, while at sea conducting routine training exercises, intercepted an MOB (man overboard) alert. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 7 March 2023

Search for a missing man is ongoing in Port Edward

Police Search and Rescue are continuing in an ongoing search for a local 20 year old man who went missing at Grannys Pool after he was caught in a rip current and swept out to sea while swimming. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 2 March 2023

Critically injured female extricated before being transported to hospital

In a technical high-angle rescue and technical swift water rescue operation a female found critically injured at the Hartbeespoort Dam wall was extricated before being transported to the hospital in a serious but stable condition. ...

Otter trail feb23
RESCUES  | Published: 28 February 2023

British tourist injured on the Otter Trail

A British tourist slipped and fell during a hike along the Southern Cape's Otter Trail ...

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LIFEGUARDS  | Published: 28 February 2023

True heroines

A seal encounter safely managed, three drownings prevented, and an animal cruelty incident ended… It’s all in a day’s work for Sedgefield’s take-action lifeguards. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 27 February 2023

Simons Town - Body located and recovered believed to be that of the missing Strand fisherman

At 16h36, Friday, 24 February, NSRI Simonstown duty crew were activated following reports of a body located adrift in the vicinity of Romans Rock Lighthouse off-shore of Simonstown Harbour. ...

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