At 18h31, Saturday, 10 July, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following reports of 3 people being swept out into the lagoon from Calypso Beach, Langebaan.
NSRI crew responded to our sea rescue base to prepare to launch sea rescue craft and NSRI rescue swimmer Nic Stevens (NSRI Mykonos deputy station commander) responded directly to the scene.
When Nic Stevens arrived on the scene he found the 3 swimmers had reached rocks to the side of Calypso Beach and they were holding onto the rocks in fast fading daylight.
Nic ran along rocks and waded and swam in between the rocks to reach the 3 swimmers, a father, age 37, his son, age 16, and his daughter, age 14, from Durbanville.
Using a swimmers floatation aid that they had with them Nic recovered all 3 in relays, taking the female teenager first, then returning to assist the male teenager and then the father, getting all 3 safely to the shore using rocks and wading and swimming them through the water between the rocks.
By that stage additional NSRI Mykonos sea rescue crew had arrived on the scene and all 3 were checked and they were not injured.
It appears that they were swept away from the beach by strong currents while swimming before they managed to swim free of the currents and reach rocks that are exposed in that area at low tide.
NSRI commend the swift response in getting all 3 safely to shore.
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