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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 7 September 2026

NSRI Hout Bay Recovers Runaway Racing Buoy in Gale Force Winds

National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Hout Bay volunteer crew recovered a Hout Bay Yacht Club (HBYC) racing buoy at sea on Saturday, 5 September, after it broke free from its mooring and was swept out into Hout Bay in gale ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 4 September 2026

Man Recovered from Touw River, Wilderness, Sadly Deceased

NSRI Wilderness responded, together with Police and emergency services, to a report of a man trapped in the Touw River, Wilderness, in the early hours of Friday, 4 September. ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 4 September 2026

Truck Recovered from Coega Port Harbour, Gqeberha – Driver Sadly Deceased

NSRI Gqeberha responded to assist in a rescue and recovery operation on Wednesday evening, 2 September, after a truck went into the water at Coega Port, Gqeberha, with the driver trapped inside. ...

Strand
RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 3 September 2026

NSRI Strand: Update on Police Search and Recovery Operation – Body Recovered on Strand Beach

A body has been recovered on Strand Beach on Thursday morning, believed to be that of one of the men who went missing during Wednesday's tragic incident, as Police search efforts continue for the remaining missing man. ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 3 September 2026

Search continues for two men missing in the surf at Strand Beach

Police divers are continuing search efforts at Strand Beach for two local men who went missing in the surf zone after being swept out to sea by rip currents on Wednesday, 2 September. ...

Umgeni River
RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 1 September 2026

NSRI Durban: Good Samaritans Rescue Man Swept Up Umgeni River

A quick-thinking group of local paddlers, fishermen and bystanders came together to save a man's life after he was swept upstream by a spring tide on the Umgeni River, Durban North, before NSRI Durban and emergency services arrived on scene ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 August 2026

Paddler rescued off Simons Town

When a local paddler fell out of his surf-ski off Roman Rock yesterday, a quick-thinking Good Samaritan and our NSRI Simons Town crew stepped in, with an unexpected audience of five humpback whales. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 16 August 2026

NSRI Gqeberha: A dog rescued

Dog rescued after being swept 200 metres out to sea off Pollock Beach, Gqeberha ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 15 August 2026

NSRI Melkbosstrand: Table View - A man is deceased

NSRI Melkbosstrand responds after surfer collapses at Bloubergstrand Beach ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 15 August 2026

NSRI Still Bay: Jongensfontein - A man is deceased

At 14h00, Friday, 14 August, NSRI Still Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a man unconscious in the surf zone at Sandstrand, Jongensfontein, near Still Bay. ...

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