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EDUCATION  | Published: 21 June 2017

NSRI WaterWise Academy - Yazi Ngamanzi

The NSRI's WaterWise Yazi Ngamanzi has reached over 1.3 million school children.We estimate that Nine double decker buses full of children drown each year. We need to change the lives of children by giving them water safety lessons in a ...

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EDUCATION  | Published: 13 March 2017

WaterWise workshop 2017

Sea Rescue's WaterWise Academy Instructors from around the country have gathered in Grabouw near Cape Town for a workshop on water safety. The team are working on their teaching children about water safety, sharpening their presentations and coming up with ...

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EDUCATION  | Published: 16 February 2017

Adopt a swimmer kids visit our rescue base in Plettenberg Bay

On Saturday, the 11th of February, Station 14 Plettenberg Bay had the privilege of spending a few hours with the Adopt a Swimmer kids.Ross Badenhorst crew member at Station 14 Plettenberg Bay reports:What an incredible group of kids that are ...

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EDUCATION  | Published: 6 October 2016

WaterWise programme in Shelly Beach

Our NSRI Shelly Beach station held a WaterWise programme at Robin Hood nursery school on Friday 30 September.Crew members Melodie Hermann, Henco Mare, Wendy Duvenage and trainee crew Dillon Hardwood and Emile Albert's attended.Below are some photos of the event.Thank ...

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EDUCATION  | Published: 31 May 2016

WaterWise is in Mauritius:

WaterWise Academy manager Eoudia Erasmus is in Mauritius to train volunteers from the Surf Life Saving Association of Mauritius how to teach children water safety.Eoudia has met with representatives of the Ministry of Youth & Sport who are thrilled with ...

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EDUCATION  | Published: 3 May 2016

Over 1 million SA children are WaterWise:

Congratulations to the WaterWise Academy Instructors who have taught 1 012 973 children about water safety since inception of the program in 2006.Our 10 full time Instructors, and nine volunteers, who are based from Soweto to Ceres and Port Elizabeth ...

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EDUCATION  | Published: 10 April 2016

Nicholas swims for WaterWise:

This year Nicholas Mortley,17, took on his third Freedom Day Robben Island swim to raise funds for Sea Rescue's WaterWise Academy. This year the event took place on the 2nd of April - a 7,5km swim from Robben Island to ...

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EDUCATION  | Published: 23 March 2016

Easter weekend rip current warning:

Sea Rescue is urging the public to be extra cautious at beaches and over the Easter weekend. The full moon spring tide, which peaked yesterday, will cause stronger than normal rip currents around the coast. As we head towards winter ...

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EDUCATION  | Published: 22 March 2016

17 year old Robben island swimmer raising funds for the WaterWise Academy:

Nicholas Mortley, 17, is going for his third Robben Island swim again raising funds for the WaterWise Academy. For the last two years has swum in the Freedom Day Robben Island swim. This year, weather permitting, it takes place on ...

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EDUCATION  | Published: 14 March 2016

Megaphones donated to WaterWise Academy:

The volunteer WaterWise Instructors today for the first time used the megaphones that were bought for them by the Friends of the Pavilion to teach water safety to children at the Sae Point swimming pool.Very kindly Anthony Walker of PowerSound.co.za ...

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