At 13H37 on 13 December the NSRI were alerted by eye-witness reports to orange distress smoke flares being set off by at the location of a small boat 1 kilometer off-shore of Long Beach, Kommetjie. Volunteer rescuers from NSRI Kommetjie, NSRI Simonstown responded and an NSRI Hout Bay sea rescue craft ALBIE MATTHEWS was launched. CMR (Cape Medical Response) ambulance service was activated and the ER24 Discovery Medicopter was placed on high alert. A Metro EMS ambulance responded to the Hout … [Read more...]
Kommetjie Mass Whale Beaching
31 May, 2009 By
On 30th May, 2009 Ian Klopper, NSRI Kommetjie station commander said: "At 07h32 NSRI Kommetjie were activated following eye-witness reports of two whales found beached and alive at Long Beach, Kommetjie. Marine and Coastal Management were alerted while our NSRI volunteers responded to the scene to investigate. On arrival on-scene our NSRI volunteers were met by approximately 7 False Killer Whales already beached and a large group of False Killer Whales in the process of beaching along Long … [Read more...]
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