Pat van Eyssen, NSRI Table Bay station commander said: "At 08h50 on Sunday, 07 March, NSRI Table Bay, NSRI Melkbosstrand, Lifeguards, the SA Police Services, a Police Dive Unit, Cape Town Fire an Rescue Services and the Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services launched a search for a 33 year old Khayelitsha man reported to have gone missing in the surf while allegedly trying to evade being apprehended by Crime Watch members at Milnerton Beach after allegedly stabbing a female believed to be his … [Read more...]
Milnerton Orca Rescue
Milnerton, 20th October, 2009. At 14h20 following an eye-witness account to a radio station of a whale suspected to be beaching at Sunrise Beach, between Milnerton and Bloubergstrand, Marine and Coastal Management (MCM) officials were dispatched to investigate despite suspicions at first that the whale may be mistaken for two old wrecks that are often mistaken as a beached whale at the Spring Low Tide in the same vicinity. "On arrival on-scene MCM authorities confirmed that a 4.6 metre female … [Read more...]
Milnerton Kite-surfer Suffers Fatal Injuries
On 13th June 2009, Pat van Eyssen, NSRI Table Bay station commander said: "At 14h55 NSRI Table Bay were activated by Transnet National Ports Authority following reports of a kite-surfer injured on Milnerton's Lagoon Beach. NSRI Table Bay volunteers responded aboard our rescue craft Vodacom Rescuer and the SA Police Services, Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services and Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services responded. On arrival on-scene resuscitation efforts commenced on 38 year old Bradley … [Read more...]


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