Tom Coetzee, NSRI Kommetjie station commander, said; "At 15h12 on Thursday 12 December, our NSRI Kommetjie volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of red distress flares being fired by the crew of a ski-boat off-shore of Scarborough. "Our NSRI Kommetjie volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched our sea rescue craft Spirit of Winelands and on arrival on-scene found the 6 meter ski-boat Goliath, with 4 crew onboard, 2 adult males estimated to be aged in their … [Read more...]
Kommetjie residents just saved from smashing into rocks
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Search for Scarborough paddle-skier
2 December, 2011 By Leave a Comment
At 17h00 on Thursday 1 December, NSRI Kommetjie volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a paddle-skier suspected to have been blown out to see and possibly knocked off his paddle-ski in the vicinity off-shore of Scarborough, near Kommetjie, and witnessed being blown off-shore towards Crayfish Factory (in the direction of Kommetjie). NSRI Kommetjie launched the sea rescue craft SPIRIT OF WINELANDS and activated the NSRI Kommetjie rescue vehicle to begin a … [Read more...]
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New Coastal Conservancy in Cape Town
12 February, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Soetwater Resort, between Kommetjie and Scarborough on Cape Town's south peninsula, is an important historical camping site that represents the environmental challenge of finding a balance between conservation goals and community needs. The area represents some of the last remaining functioning coastal ecosystems in Cape Town and is of great long-term cultural importance. The resort itself, which is set amid "phenomenal coastal biodiversity" according to Gregg Oelofse, Head of Environmental … [Read more...]
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