Schalk Boonzaaier, NSRI Kleinmond station commander, said: The Police Dive Unit are continuing in an ongoing search at Kleinmond Main Beach where a 17 year old male remains missing and at the Palmiet River where a 7 year old female remains missing.
A body has been recovered from the beach at Rooi Sand near to the Bot River Lagoon.
ROOI SAND:
At 10h44, Sunday, 2 October, NSRI Kleinmond responded to Rooi Sand to assist the SA Police Services in a body recovery operation following reports from a public member who had happened upon a body on the beach.
NSRI assisted Police on the scene. The body of a man was taken onboard our NSRI rescue craft and brought to the Kleinmond slipway where Police and Government Health Forensic Pathology Services have taken the body into their care.
A Police inquest docket has been opened.
Condolences are conveyed to family.
KLEINMOND MAIN BEACH:
At 14h14, Sunday, 2 October, NSRI Kleinmond duty crew were activated to reports of a drowning in progress at Kleinmond Main Beach.
NSRI Kleinmond, NSRI Hermanus, the SA Police Services, WC Government Health EMS and the EMS/AMS Skymed rescue helicopter responded.
2 NSRI rescue craft conducted a sea search, NSRI rescue swimmers conducted free dive sweeping line search efforts, the EMS/AMS Skymed rescue helicopter conducted an aerial sea search and shoreline search efforts were carried out searching for a 17 year old male who went missing in the surf line while swimming.
Despite an extensive search there remains no sign of the teenager.
The Police Dive Unit were activated and they are continuing in an ongoing search operation.
On Monday NSRI Kleinmond launched an NSRI rescue craft and shore crew assisting Police divers in their ongoing search.
It appears that 4 teenagers, on a school camp, believed to be from Montague, reportedly had reached a submerged sand bank that they were standing on when the missing teenager may have lost his footing on the slope of the sandbank before being swept away in sea currents.
The remaining 3 teenagers were able to get to the shore and they were not injured.
Our thoughts are with the family in this difficult time.
PALMIET RIVER:
At 15h47, Sunday, 2 October, NSRI Kleinmond and NSRI Hermanus, together with SA Police Services and WC Government Health EMS responded to the Palmiet River following reports of a drowning in progress.
On arrival on the scene 2 NSRI rescue craft were launched and 11 NSRI rescue swimmers entered the water to conduct free dive sweeping line search efforts for a local 7 year old female child who had disappeared under water while swimming with her sister.
Her 10 year old sister had managed to get out of the water and she was attended to by EMS paramedics and transported to hospital by EMS ambulance in a stable condition.
Despite an extensive search there remains no sign of the child..
The Police Dive Unit were activated and they are continuing in an ongoing search operation.
Our thoughts are with the family in this difficult time.
