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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 …
Jan Hoffman, NSRI St Lucia deputy station commander, said: At 08h36, Friday, 02 January 2026, NSRI St Lucia duty crew were activated follow reports of a jetski capsized South of Ingwe Beach, St Lucia. On arrival on the scene we found the the adult male skipper, on a holiday, from Gauteng, safely ashore and the …
Craig McIver, NSRI Mykonos deputy station commander, said: At 05h42, Wednesday, 1 January , NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following reports from a local fishing charter boat reporting an unmanned sailing dingy adrift on Langebaan Lagoon, off Calypso Beach. The NSRI rescue craft Rotarian Burnette was launched and found the 5 meter sailing vessel …
Ross Badenhorst, NSRI Plettenberg Bay deputy station commander, said: At 12h34, Friday, 2 January, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a Catamaran motor vessel, with 3 adult male crew onboard, reporting motor mechanical failure, 8 nautical miles offshore East of Cape Seal, Plettenberg Bay. Our NSRI crew responded …
Linda Putter, NSRI Rocky Bay deputy station commander, said: At 12h24, Friday, 2 January, NSRI Rocky Bay, Police Search and Rescue, IPSS Medical Rescue, lifeguards, Metro Police Search and Rescue and the SA Police Services were activated and responded to reports from Gladiator Security of a drowning in progress at Umkomaas. The KZN surf rescue …
At 18h20, Thursday, 1 January, the KZN surf rescue network was alerted to what was initially reported as at least 3 people in distress in the surf zone at Pennington Beach near to the tidal pool, KZN South Coast. NSRI Rocky Bay rescue swimmers, the SA Police Services, Police Search and Rescue and IPSS medical …
Mike Bishop, NSRI Ballito station commander, said: At 06h20, Friday, 2 January, NSRI Ballito duty crew and the KZN surf rescue network were activated following reports from IPSS Search and Rescue of a search operation in progress at Thompsons Beach, Ballito, where a 40 year old male, reportedly, from Carolina, Mpumalanga, had gone missing in …
Jaco Kruger, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said: At 12h37, Thursday, 1 January, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Natures Valley Beach. The NSRI Plettenberg Bay emergency call-out siren was sounded. NSRI Plettenberg Bay crew were in the area at the time conducting routine training exercises. …
Mark McLagan, NSRI Hermanus coxswain said: At 15h36, Thursday, 1 January, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were activated following reports from Overstrand lifeguards at Grotto Beach who had launched a surf rescue operation for an adult male caught in rip currents. Our NSRI rescue vehicle and WC Government Health EMS responded. On arrival on the scene …
Glen Preston, NSRI Shelly Beach station commander, said: At 17h39, Thursday, 1 January, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following reports of a person reportedly missing in the surf zone at a beach between Hibberdene and Mfasazane. NSRI Shelly Beach crew, Med-Evac ambulance services, the SA Police Services and Police Search and Rescue responded. …
Police Search and Rescue and Metro Police Search and Rescue, assisted by eThekwini lifeguards, are continuing in ongoing search efforts for a missing man at Durban South Beach. Etienne van Zyl, NSRI Durban station commander, said: At around 08h00, Thursday, 1 January, while NSRI Durban were conducting routine training at sea onboard the NSRI Durban …