At 20h20, Saturday, 25th June, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for assistance from 4 people trapped by high tide in a cove at Dappat se Gat, Kogel Bay, near to Gordons Bay.
NSRI Gordons Bay dispatched a rescue team and Gordons Bay Security ambulance services (GB Sec Medical and Rescue) and Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services were activated.
On arrival on the scene the 4 were found safe but unable to get out of the cove due to high tide that had cut off the exit route from the cove.
They are three 18 year olds, a male and two females, and a 30 year old man. One of the females is pregnant and they are from Gordons Bay and Durbanville and they had been out fishing for the day but unable to return because the exit to the cove had been cut off by high tide and getting cold in the winter night they had raised the alarm.
Fears were that they may suffer hypothermia waiting for the tide to drop enough to get them out.
Once the tide had dropped NSRI were able to walk them out from the cove safely and although they were not injured in the incident as a precautionary measure the pregnant female was transported to hospital by ambulance for a check up.
