NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following a request for medical assistance from a group of hikers reporting a female in their group suffering an injury and unable to continue on the walk. ...
NSRI Table Bay carried out a maritime medical evacuation of a seriously injured 30-year-old Filipino seafarer from a 229-metre cargo ship, 12 nautical miles offshore of the Port of Table Bay. ...
Two local men are safe after NSRI Shelly Beach crew towed their disabled jet-ski to Ramsgate Beach on Friday, 16 October, after it drifted about 4.5 kilometres offshore of Southbroom Beach. ...
A gift celebrating a couple’s wedding anniversary. A tribute to a mother who quietly supported sea rescue. A husband’s thank you to the wife who helped him through recovery. These are some of the stories carried by Rescue 4, the ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) today announced the winner of its Monthly Giving draw and the winner of the second car in its 2026 Cars4Good competition, both held in support of the organisation's lifesaving work on South Africa's waters. ...
Melinda Snyman, NSRI St Lucia station commander, said: Shortly after 09h00, on Thursday morning, 8 October, a local fishing vessel capsized while attempting to launch through the surf at Cape Vidal, approximately 30 kilometres North of St Lucia. A S.T.A.R.T ...
Melinda Snyman, NSRI St Lucia station commander, said: Shortly after 09h00, on Thursday morning, 8 October, a local fishing vessel capsized while attempting to launch through the surf at Cape Vidal, approximately 30 kilometres North of St Lucia. A S.T.A.R.T ...
Five paddlers who became lost in dense fog off the Atlantic Seaboard on Tuesday, 13 October, are safe after a SafeTRX emergency alert from one of their group led NSRI crews to them 1.3 nautical miles off Clifton. ...
At 08h50, Tuesday, 13 October, NSRI Table Bay and NSRI Bakoven duty crews were activated following an NSRI SafeTRX emergency alert from a paddler on a sea-kayak offshore of Three Anchor Bay, Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town. ...
NSRI Richards Bay volunteer crew assisted two foreign sailing yachts over Sunday and Monday. A British couple needed help getting their yacht across a shallow channel to the Zululand Yacht Club in strong winds, and a New Zealand couple were ...
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