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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 28 January 2025

Ongoing search for a missing man: Scottburgh Point Main

A search is ongoing at Scottburgh Point Main Beach, KZN South Coast, where a man is reported missing. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 23 January 2025

Technology and teamwork save lives

On Friday, 27 December 2024, a 14-year-old boy and two friends were rescued from a dangerous rip current at Strand Beach, thanks to swift action by lifeguards and the vigilant monitoring of a beach safety camera operator. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 23 January 2025

Mother rescued from rip current praises NSRI

A harrowing rescue in Jongensfontein saw NSRI Stilbaai and local surfers team up to save a family of three swept out to sea by a powerful rip current. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 23 January 2025

2024: NSRI reflects on a transformative year

The year 2024 marked a period of immense growth and transformation for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 23 January 2025

Search operations, led by Police, are ongoing in 2 cases of missing persons:

In two cases, led by Police WPDS (Water Policing and Diving Services), assisted by NSRI Hartbeespoort Dam, Hartbeespoort SRU (Strategic Rescue Unit), Hartbeespoort Law Enforcement and Tshwane emergency services water rescue unit, search efforts are ongoing for two missing men ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 22 January 2025

A foreign sailing yacht that drifted ashore has been recovered

A Finnish couple have been assisted after their sailing yacht drifted ashore in the early hours of Tuesday morning at Santos Beach, Mossel Bay. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 20 January 2025

24-Year-Old Man Goes Missing While Swimming at Strand Beach

Brian Gosling, NSRI Gordons Bay duty coxswain, said: At 15h16, Sunday, 19 January, the CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network was alerted by Strand Surf Lifesaving lifeguards and CoCT lifeguards engaged in a search for a missing man ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 20 January 2025

7 survival immersion suits found adrift near False Bay beaches

CoCT Law Enforcement and NSRI Strandfontein recovered 7 survival immersion suits in 24 hours. The origin of these suits remains unclear, though no distress signals have been reported. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 20 January 2025

Two men assisted after their boat capsizes near Port Alfred

NSRI Port Alfred responded to reports of a capsized boat in the Kowie River Mouth. Two men, wearing life jackets, were rescued by Good Samaritan Kye McGregor. NSRI righted and towed the boat to safety. ...

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RESCUES  | Published: 20 January 2025

Young man swept out to sea at Cape St. Francis is saved

A young man swept out to sea has been saved thanks to the quick thinking of an NSRI St. Francis Bay coxswain and his 2 friends fishing nearby on their boat ...

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