From shark sightings to false reports of a body floating at sea, and a “missing” woman, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) had a busy Christmas weekend. A sea rescue craft was sent out to Klein River, Hermanus, on Sunday following reports that a woman was missing from a boat,[…]
The National Sea Rescue Institute’s (NSRI) will continue their search for a 17-year-old boy went missing while swimming in the Strand area on Thursday. The teen apparently ran into trouble while swimming with friends yesterday. ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said in a statement that paramedics, as well as the NSRI,[…]
A 37-year-old man died after he drowned trying to recover a crayfish trap between Hermanus and Gordons Bay, the NSRI said on Saturday. National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson Craig Lambinon said the NSRI responded to eye-witness reports of a drowning in progress at Rooi Els on Saturday morning. The 37-year-old[…]
A surfer, 42, remains in a serious condition after he was bitten by a shark near Morris Reef, Still Bay, on Sunday. In a statement, NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon said that the incident was witnessed by two off-duty NSRI rescuers who helped the injured man to shore. “Two crew members[…]
Two men who defied death, surviving rough seas and a run-in with a whale, have told of their harrowing experience after one was reunited with his family in Cape Town. The other, who is from France, spoke to his family on the phone after he was brought to shore. The[…]
The bodies of two missing fishermen who had to abandon their stricken trawler were recovered but then lost to the ocean, a Viking Fishing director confirmed on Monday. “We have two confirmed losses. As the bodies were being recovered, two slipped out of their lifejackets into the ocean,” financial director[…]
Ten fishermen have died and three remain missing after they abandoned a fishing trawler which was taking on water in rough seas on Sunday night. Eight men were plucked from the frigid water by other vessels that had rushed to their aid. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon said the volunteer rescue[…]
A search is currently underway for an 18-year-old male who went missing while swimming in Camps Bay earlier on Saturday. “The 18-year-old from Manenberg went missing in the surf while swimming,” National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson Craig Lambinon told News24. The search operation began at 10:30 and was expected to[…]
A Grade 8 pupil who saved a man from drowning was given an award by the National Sea Rescue Institute on Monday night. Devon Dodd, who got the Waterwise Academy Recognition Award, was surfing at Buffalo Bay, Knysna, on April 27, when he saw a man get knocked over by[…]
The son of the woman who is believed to have fallen overboard while sailing with her husband, believes her chances of surviving are very slim. Rescue teams from the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) on Saturday called off the search for 58-year-old Carly Hill, an ex-nurse from Johannesburg, who went[…]
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