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Bevan Geyser, NSRI Bakoven station commander, said: At 18h57, Saturday, 3 October, NSRI Bakoven and NSRI Table Bay duty crews were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Glen Beach, Camps Bay. The CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network was alerted. NSRI rescue swimmers, CoCT lifeguards, CoCT Law Enforcement, WC Government …
Spencer Oldham, NSRI Hout Bay station commander, said: At 18h09, Sunday, 27 September, NSRI Hout Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from WC Government Health EMS reporting to be on the scene at injured hiker on the Karbonkelberg hiking trail above Maori Bay, between Llandudno and Hout Bay, and requesting NSRI …
At 15h28, Monday, 21 September, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated following reports from NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) of a swimmer in distress caught in rip currents in the surf zone at Strand Beach. NSRI rescue swimmers responded directly to the scene while NSRI Gordons Bay crew responded to the NSRI Gordons Bay …
Nicolette Whitehead, NSRI Strandfontein station commander, said: At 16h40, Sunday, 20 September, NSRI Strandfontein duty crew were activated following reports from CoCT (City of Cape Town) Law Enforcement marine unit and multiple eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress at S-Bend, near to Mnandi Beach, False Bay. NSRI rescue swimmers, our NSRI rescue vehicle, the …
Lian Combrinck, NSRI Stilbaai deputy station commander, said: At 06h27, Tuesday, 15 September, NSRI Stilbaai duty crew were activated following reports of a vehicle in the Goukou River, near to the Goukou River Mouth. NSRI rescue swimmers responded directly to the scene while our NSRI rescue vehicle, the SA Police Service, WC Government Health EMS …
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simons Town station commander, said: At 15h56, Saturday, 12 September, NSRI Simons Town duty crew were activated following reports to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) of 2 paddlers well overdue on a double surf-ski at Fish Hoek Beach during a Millers to Fish Hoek down wind paddle. Fellow paddlers reported that the …
Spencer Oldham, NSRI Hout Bay station commander, said: At 09h47, Saturday, 5 September, NSRI Hout Bay duty crew, while at the NSRI Hout Bay station 8 rescue base conducting routine training, launched the NSRI rescue craft Albie Matthews after noticing the Hout Bay Yacht Club (HBYC) racing buoy (the Tintswalo buoy) break free from her …
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simons Town station commander, said: At 11h24, Tuesday, 25 August, NSRI Simons Town duty crew were activated following a notification from NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) reporting an NSRI SafeTrx emergency alert indication of 2 surf-skiers in distress 1 nautical mile North of Roman Rock, offshore of Simons Town. NSRI coast watchers …
At 10h20, Saturday, 15 August, NSRI Melkbosstrand duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of a surfer in distress in the surf zone at Bloubergstrand Beach, Table View. NSRI Melkbosstrand rescue swimmers and an NSRI rescue vehicle, WC Government Health EMS, Community Medics, Netcare 911 ambulance services, Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services, DRM (Disaster …
Bevan Geyser, NSRI Bakoven station commander, said: At 16h11, Wednesday, 22 July, NSRI Bakoven and NSRI Table Bay duty crews were activated following reports from TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) Port of Table Bay Port Control of “a man overboard” at a bulk carrier motor vessel, 7 nautical miles offshore of Mouille Point, in Table …
Rowan Marais, NSRI Melkbosstrand station commander, said: At 16h43, Wednesday, 8 July, NSRI Melkbosstrand duty crew were activated following reports of a man appearing to be in difficulty offshore of Van Riebeekstrand – North of Melkbosstrand – on a foil board. While our duty coxswain investigated the nature of the emergency NSRI rescue swimmers responded …
Neil de Vries, NSRI Hermanus duty coxswain, said: At 10h29, Wednesday, 8 July, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of 2 males appearing to be in distress on a sea-kayak offshore of Hardebaai, Onrus. NSRI rescue swimmers responded towards the scene while our duty crew responded to our NSRI Hermanus station 17 …
Spencer Oldham, NSRI Hout Bay station commander, said: At 20h06, Saturday, 20 June, NSRI Hout Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance, made to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) from a local 8 meter fishing vessel, with 5 local male crew onboard, reporting motor mechanical failure and at anchor offshore of Slangkop …
Rowan Marais, NSRI Melkbosstrand station commander, said: At 15h13, Tuesday, 16 June, NSRI Melkbosstrand duty crew were activated following multiple eyewitness reports to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) of a man, paddling on a windsurf board, appearing to be in distress offshore of Ons Huisie restaurant, Bloubergstrand. NSRI rescue swimmers responded directly to the scene …
Jean le Roux, NSRI Hermanus coxswain, said: At 23h01, Monday, 15 June, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were placed on alert following calls to the NSRI Hermanus duty phone and to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) from ships agents reporting a medical emergency onboard a container motor vessel – on the Cape South Coast, offshore of …
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) will lower its flag at its Volunteer Support Centre in Milnerton, Cape Town, to half-mast on Monday, 15 June 2026. The tribute honours Bill Ewen and Frank Petsch of Marine Rescue NSW, Australia, who lost their lives on 4 May 2026. The two men were responding to a distress …
At 17h25, Sunday, 31 May, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports suspecting a paraglider landed in the sea offshore between Dappat Se Gat and Kogelbaai. The CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network, ARCC (Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre) and MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) were alerted by NSRI EOC (Emergency …
Kyle Burns, NSRI Gordons Bay duty coxswain, said: At 10h02, Friday, 29 May, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated following reports of two paddlers appearing to be in distress offshore between the Gordons Bay Naval College and Gordons Bay Main Beach. NSRI crew, at the NSRI Gordons Bay station 9 rescue at the time, …
Dean Wegerle, NSRI Table Bay coxswain, said: At 12h08, Monday, 25 May, NSRI Bakoven and NSRI Table Bay duty crews were alerted following reports of a local 9.3 meter motor vessel, with 2 local male crew onboard, requesting towing assistance following motor mechanical failure offshore at Clifton 4th Beach. NSRI Table Bay duty crew responded …
Lando Lombard, NSRI Hermanus duty coxswain, said: At 14h13, Monday, 25 May, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were activated following reports from a former NSRI Hermanus crewman, who was at work in the area, witnessing a couple appearing to be in difficulties in the vicinity of the Fisherhaven Lagoon Mouth at the Meerensee Nature Estate. The …
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde today visited the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Volunteer Support Centre (VSC) in Cape Town to thank volunteer crews and staff from across the province who were activated during the recent floods. Crews from seven Western Cape NSRI rescue stations, Kleinmond, Mykonos, Yzerfontein, Hermanus, Agulhas, Melkbosstrand, St Helena Bay, together …
Edrich Kotze, NSRI Hermanus station commander, said: At 09h37, Thursday, 21 May, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were activated to respond to the cliff path, at Dreunkrans, Hermanus, where a dog had been spotted trapped on the cliffside. NSRI had received a call from a concerned eyewitness after she had heard a dog barking on the …
Glen Preston, NSRI Shelly Beach station commander, said: At 07h45, Monday, 18 May, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following a call from the Sonny Evan Small Craft Harbour reporting a medical emergency on a fishing charter boat at sea in the vicinity of Protea Banks and the vessel heading towards Shelly Beach. NSRI …
Devon Wild, NSRI St Helena Bay station commander, said: At 08h52, Friday, 15 May, NSRI St Helena Bay duty crew were activated following an urgent request for medical assistance for a medical emergency onboard a fishing vessel at sea offshore of St Helena Bay and the vessel heading towards St Helena Bay. The crew of …
Nicolette Whitehead, NSRI Strandfontein station commander, said: At 11h02, Saturday, 16 May, NSRI Strandfontein duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress at Monwabisi Beach. The CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network was alerted. NSRI Strandfontein rescue swimmers and rescue crew, the SA Police Services, Cape Town Fire and …
Widespread flooding across the Garden Route, West Coast, Cape Winelands and parts of the Eastern Cape has left many roads, bridges and river crossings dangerous and unpredictable. The NSRI is urging motorists, residents and pedestrians in affected areas to stay away from flooded roads, river crossings and fast-moving water. Even river crossings used every day …
Dean Wegerle, NSRI Headquarters operations, said: On Tuesday afternoon, 12 May, NSRI Melkbosstrand and NSRI Headquarters station 1, swift water rescue crews, rescue craft and rescue equipment, were activated in cooperation with Overberg DRM (Disaster Risk Management) to assist DRM, the SA Police Services, Fire and Rescue Services, Provincial Traffic Services, WC Government Health EMS …
Junre Marais, NSRI Yzerfontein station commander, said: At 04h45, Tuesday, 12 May, NSRI Yzerfontein duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from Swartland Fire and Rescue Services, at Kalbaskraal (near Malmesbury), where persons and domestic animals were trapped by flooding during heavy rainfalls. The NSRI Yzerfontein rescue vehicle, with NSRI swift water rescue …
Schalk Boonzaaier, NSRI Kleinmond station commander, said: At 10h53, Tuesday, 12 May, NSRI Kleinmond crew were activated following a request for assistance from WC Government Health EMS Metro Rescue and WC DRM (Disaster Risk Management), in cooperation with Overberg DRM, following reports of farm workers trapped on farm building roofs on a farm between Worcester …
Marc de Vos, NSRI Table Bay duty coxswain, said: At 01h19, Tuesday, 5 May, NSRI Table Bay duty crew and WC Government Health EMS rescue squad were activated to respond to a medical emergency on a Hong Kong flagged motor vessel chemical tanker offshore of Table Bay. A 36 year old male crewman, from Myanmar, …
