Sunday, 12 April, NSRI St Helena Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local 5-metre fishing craft with two fishermen onboard, reporting engine failure approximately 3 nautical miles offshore of Sandy Point Lighthouse. ...
A busy weekend on the water saw NSRI Table Bay crews respond to two separate yacht emergencies, where quick thinking and coordinated teamwork ensured the safe return of both vessels and their crews ...
The NSRI responded to reports of a man in distress in the surf zone at a beach in St Lucia. Eyewitnesses initially reported visual contact with a man appearing to be in difficulty in the water. NSRI duty crew and ...
Tuesday, 7 April, National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Strandfontein duty crew were alerted to a suspected drowning in progress at Monwabisi Beach. ...
In two separate incidents on Monday, 6 April, and Tuesday, 7 April, National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Plettenberg Bay crews assisted injured patients at Robberg Nature Reserve and Keurbooms Beach. ...
Monday, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Table Bay duty crew activated following a request for assistance from a local 35-foot sailing yacht. The vessel had reported motor mechanical failure approximately 1 nautical mile south of Robben Island and requested ...
NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew, while conducting routine training at NSRI Gordons Bay station 9 rescue base, launched the NSRI rescue craft Spirit of Surfski following a request for assistance from the skipper of an open 5 meter fishing craft ...
NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following reports of a boat capsized in the surf zone at Spreeuwalle, Paradise Beach, near to Langebaan in Saldanha Bay. ...
NSRI Bakoven duty crew and CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network were activated following an eyewitness reporting, to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre), a drowning in progress at Clifton 2nd Beach. ...
NSRI Port Nolloth duty crew were placed on alert following reports of a fishing vessel at anchor North of Alexander Bay with rope fouled around the vessels motor propellors. ...
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