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Nicholas Wood, NSRI Gauteng station commander, said: At 15h34, Sunday, 1 February, NSRI Gauteng duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at a body of water (reportedly formed from recent rains) at Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng. Our NSRI Gauteng rescue vehicle, with NSRI rescue swimmers, responded and joined Police divers (WPDS – Water …
Bevan Geyser, NSRI Bakoven station commander, said: At 16h38, Sunday, 1 February, NSRI Bakoven duty crew and the CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Cosy Bay, Oudekraal (on the Atlantic Seaboard, between Bakoven and Llandudno). NSRI Bakoven crew responded to the NSRI Bakoven …
Condolences are conveyed to family and friends of a man sadly deceased in what appears to have been a drowning accident in a Table Mountain dam. Chris Westcott, NSRI Hout Bay coxswain, said: At 12h46, Sunday, 1 February, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) were alerted by Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services Control following reports …
On Sunday, 1 February, Police WPDS (Water Policing and Diving Services), assisted by NSRI Kleinmond and Overstrand Law Enforcement, continued in ongoing search efforts for a male teenager who went missing in the Palmiet Lagoon on Saturday. In another incident on Saturday at Draadbaai, Betty’s Bay, Police are appealing for information that can assist in …
Jean-Pierre du Plessis, NSRI Port Alfred duty coxswain, said: At 13h29, Saturday, 31 January, NSRI Port Alfred duty crew and NSRI crew from the NSRI Port Alfred satellite station Kenton-on-Sea were activated following a request from Police reporting to be on the scene at Boesmansrivier Mouth, Kenton-on-Sea, where a male teenager was missing following a …
An Austrian man is sadly deceased following a fatal-drowning accident at Wilderness on Saturday. Condolences are conveyed to the family and friends of the deceased man. Jonathan Britton, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said: At 15h00, Saturday, 31 January, NSRI Wilderness duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Leentjiesklip Beach, Wilderness. …
Mike Bishop, NSRI Ballito station commander, said: At 06h15, Saturday, 31 January, NSRI Ballito duty crew and IPSS Medical Rescue were activated to respond to Salmon Bay ski-boat club following reports of a male spear-fisherman injured in a boating accident at Christmas Bay. NSRI rescue crew and IPSS paramedics responded. On arrival on the scene …
Well known and highly respected in the community, local John Flanigan, age 80, is sadly deceased following an incident at sea offshore South of On-the-Rocks, Bloubergstrand, on his sea-kayak. Condolences are conveyed to family and friends. Rowan Marais, NSRI Melkbosstrand station commander, said: At 07h45, Saturday, 31 January, NSRI Melkbosstrand duty crew were activated following …
Following one of the busiest festive seasons on record, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has launched Cars4Good 2026 – a bold, nationwide fundraising campaign in partnership with Suzuki Auto South Africa to support rescue readiness and help prevent drowning. Between 15 December 2025 and 15 January 2026, NSRI volunteers rescued 201 people – a …
Roan Strydom, NSRI Gordons Bay duty coxswain, said: At 18h18, Tuesday, 27 January, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at the R44 Clarence Drive Lookout Point (between Whale Lookout and Grill Shack). The caller reported that her friend, an adult female, had been swept off rocks by …
John Nicholas, NSRI Port Edward station commander, said: At 15h45, Sunday, 25 January, NSRI Port Edward duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Casino Lagoon, Wild Coast Sun, Port Edward. Eyewitnesses had reported seeing an unidentified man disappear under water in the lagoon after appearing to get into distress in …
Schalk Boonzaaier, NSRI Kleinmond station commander, said: At 15h00, Sunday, 25 January, NSRI Kleinmond duty crew were activated to reports of a mass drowning in progress at Kleinmond Main Beach. NSRI Kleinmond rescue swimmers, The SA Police Services, WC Government Health EMS, Overstrand Law Enforcement and Overstrand Fire and Rescue Services, responded while the NSRI …
Spencer Oldham, NSRI Hout Bay station commander, said: At 08h30, Sunday, 25 January, NSRI Hout Bay duty crew, at the NSRI Hout Bay station 8 rescue base preparing for routine training exercises, were alerted to reports of a motor vehicle accident, with reports of a motor vehicle left the Chapmans Peak Drive roadway and plunged …
Cathrine Prentis, NSRI East London station commander, said: At 12h30, Saturday, 24 January, NSRI East London duty crew were activated following a request for assistance made by BCMM (Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality) lifeguards to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) reporting a drowning in progress at Eastern Beach, East London. Lifeguards had reached a local 14 …
Mark McLagan, NSRI Hermanus coxswain, said: At 09h10, Saturday, 24 January, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were, while conducting routine training exercises, were activated following reports of a couple requiring urgent medical care at Hardebaai, Onrus. Reports indicated that the couple, a male age 76 and a female age 68, had capsized their double sea-kayak offshore …
Jonathan Britton, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said: At 21h43, Wednesday, 21 January, NSRI Wilderness duty crew were activated following reports to the NSRI Wilderness duty phone from an eyewitness raising the alarm for a fisherman suspected to be in distress at Swartvlei Beach, Sedgefield. Off-duty NSRI lifeguards, who were in the area at the time …
Etienne van Zyl, NSRI Durban station commander, said: At 17h15, Wednesday, 14 January, the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) Port of Durban Port Control alerted NSRI Durban to a Malaysian-flagged tug motor vessel with a 100 meter barge that they had under tow that had lost her anchor, approximately 3 nautical miles offshore of Durban. …
Etienne van Zyl, NSRI Durban station commander, said: At 13h45 on Saturday, 10 January, NSRI Durban duty controllers were alerted by a ship’s agent to an American flagged heavy-lift motor vessel requesting a medical evacuation of a 58 year old male Chief Engineer suffering from a cardiac condition. While preparations, in cooperation with MRCC (Maritime …
John Bozman, NSRI Plettenberg Bay deputy station commander, said: At 17h41, Saturday, 10 January, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew and NSRI coast watchers, at Natures Valley, were activated following multiple eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress at Natures Valley Lagoon, Grootrivier, Natures Valley. Our NSRI duty crew, NSRI rescue swimmers, NSRI medics and an …
Melinda Snyman, NSRI St Lucia station commander, said: At 18h28, Tuesday, 6 January, NSRI St Lucia were alerted by Ezemvelo Wildlife authorities, at Sodwana Bay, of a drowning in progress at Sodwana Bay main beach. iSimangilso lifeguards, who had already gone off normal scheduled duty, responded back to Sodwana Bay main beach and initiated a …
Glen Preston, NSRI Shelly Beach station commander, said: At 18h39, Tuesday, 6 January, KZN South Coast NSRI’s Nkazimulo Nyawose, of the NSRI drowning prevention team, while inspecting NSRI pink rescue buoys deployed along the KZN South Coast coastline, raised the alarm after witnessing a drowning in progress at Uvongo main beach. It appeared that there …
Jan Hoffman, NSRI St Lucia deputy station commander, said: At 08h15, Monday, 5 January, NSRI St Lucia station commander Melinda Snyman received an emergency call from a family member of 4 men reporting that she was witnessing her family members, the 4 men, capsized on their boat in the surf zone at Cape Vidal Beach. …
Glen Preston, NSRI Shelly Beach station commander, said: At 08h35, Sunday, 4 January, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from 2 men on sea-kayaks a half a nautical mile offshore between Oslo Beach and Shelly Beach – reporting one sea-kayak to be taking on water and the second sea-kayak …
Johann Stadler, NSRI Mdumbi duty coxswain, said: At 14h57, Monday, 5 January, NSRI Mdumbi duty crew were activated following reports from Nyandeni Municipality of a drowning in progress near to Hluleka Nature Reserve, at a beach known as Banana Beach. Nyandeni Municipal lifeguards had entered the water in efforts to rescue a man appearing to …