Geoff Stevens, NSRI Hout Bay station commander, said:
Despite an extensive search on Sunday, 2 August, for a Hout Bay man, believed to be aged in his early 20’s, no sign of the man has been found at Duiker Island, Hout Bay, where it is believed he had been scuba diving earlier in the day.
At 13h23, NSRI Hout Bay and NSRI Kommetjie duty crews were activated and 3 NSRI Hout Bay sea rescue craft, Nadine Gordimer, Albie Matthews and Tintswalo Phoenix and the NSRI Kommetjie sea rescue craft Spirit of the Vines conducted an extensive search in the area.
The SA Police Services and a Police Dive Unit were activated and Police are investigating.
In a separate incident, on Thursday, 30 July, NSRI Hout Bay duty crew responded to Fish on the Rocks, Hout Bay, where a local man was believed to be missing while free diving from a SUP (stand-up paddle board).
Shortly after our NSRI crew arrived on the scene the man was found safe and he had not been in any difficulty and he required no assistance.
In a separate incident earlier on Sunday, 2 August, NSRI Hout Bay crew, on the sea rescue craft Albie Matthews, came across 10 paddlers, males and females, on canoes, who appeared to be in difficulty in the Bay.
They had paddled from Hout Bay harbour to Hout Bay beach and while returning they were caught in a North Westerly wind and they were making no headway against the wind to get back to Hout Bay harbour.
They accepted NSRI’s offer to assist them.
The sea rescue craft Nadine Gordimer joined our sea rescue craft Albie Matthews on the scene and 6 of the paddlers and their canoes were brought to Hout Bay harbour aboard our sea rescue craft without incident.
The remaining 4 canoeists paddled to Hout Bay harbour without requiring any assistance.
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