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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, …
Quentin Botha, NSRI Table Bay station commander, said: At 20h20, Saturday, 18 April, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were alerted by NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) following a request from MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) to prepare for a medical evacuation operation. A motor vessel oil tanker was en route towards Durban and they were …
Devon Wild, NSRI St Helena Bay station commander, said: At 12h48, Sunday, 12 April, NSRI St Helena Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local 5 meter fishing craft, with 2 crew onboard, local fishermen, reporting engine failure 3 nautical miles offshore of Sandy Point Lighthouse, St Helena Bay. Our …
Roxy Traylor, NSRI Table Bay coxswain, said: On Friday afternoon, 10 April, while our duty crew were at our NSRI Table Bay station 3 rescue base, at 17h30 we intercepted communications between a local sailing yacht and TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) Port of Table Bay Port Control – they reported their vessel, with 2 …
Cape Town – The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is proud to celebrate the renewal of Oceana Group’s Platinum Partnership support, marked by a symbolic cheque handover event held at NSRI Station 3, V&A Waterfront, on Friday, 10 April. The event saw Oceana Group CEO Neville Brink hand over a cheque representing funds raised through …
Nicky Whitehead, NSRI Strandfontein station commander, said: At 14h36, Tuesday, 7 April, NSRI Strandfontein duty crew were alerted following reports, from a local lifeguard to an NSRI Strandfontein duty controller, of a suspected drowning in progress at Monwabisi. As a precaution NSRI Strandfontein duty crew and the CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network …
Davide del Fante, NSRI Table Bay duty coxswain, said: At 15h21, Monday, 6 April, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local 35 foot sailing yacht reporting to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) that they were experiencing motor mechanical failure, 1 nautical mile South of Robben Island, and …
Jacques Vivier, NSRI Gordons Bay duty coxswain, said: At 12h05, Saturday, 4 April, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew, while conducting routine training at NSRI Gordons Bay station 9 rescue base, launched the NSRI rescue craft Spirit of Surfski following a request for assistance from the skipper of an open 5 meter fishing craft reporting motor …
Bevan Geyser, NSRI Bakoven station commander, said: At 07h46, Sunday, 5 April, NSRI Bakoven duty crew and CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network were activated following an eyewitness reporting, to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre), a drowning in progress at Clifton 2nd Beach. NSRI Bakoven crew responded to the NSRI Bakoven station 2 …
Davide del Fante, NSRI Table Bay duty coxswain, said: At 13h11, Wednesday, 1 April, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local man foil sailing in Table Bay reporting to be in difficulties – reporting battery failure to his foil. The man had phoned NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations …
Jacques Vivier, NSRI Gordons Bay duty coxswain, said: At 20h44, Friday, 27 March, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from 2 local jet-skiers reporting to be in the surf zone at Koegel Bay with motor mechanical failure to one jet-ski. They had reported that they were trying to recover …
Carmen Long, NSRI Hout Bay deputy station commander, said: At 16h11, Tuesday, 24 March, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) alerted WC Government Health EMS Metro Control following a request for assistance from friends of a man reporting him to be hiking on a trail in the vicinity of the BOS 400 ship wreck – it …
A powerful partnership between the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) and SCOUTS South Africa’s Western Cape Region is opening new pathways for young people – equipping them with lifesaving skills while creating opportunities to serve their communities and build future careers. The joint programme, which began at the Western Cape’s Scouting-in-Schools leadership training in February, …
An unmanned grounded sailing vessel that had broken her moorings in stiff winds safely re-floated and re-moored: Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simons Town station commander, said: At 16h50, Monday, 23 March, NSRI Simons Town duty crew were alerted following reports of a local sailing vessel broken her moorings and adrift, unmanned, and at risk of grounding …
Marc de Vos, NSRI Table Bay duty coxswain, said: At 15h54, Sunday, 22 March, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local sailing yacht, with 5 crew onboard, reporting steering rudder failure and requiring assistance into Port to her berth at RCYC (Royal Cape Yacht Club). Our duty …
Michael Markovina, NSRI Kleinmond coxswain, said: At 13h08, Saturday, 21 March, NSRI Kleinmond duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Kleinmond Main Beach. Having returned to our NSRI Kleinmond station 42 rescue base, following routine training exercises with NSRI Hermanus and NSRI Gordons Bay, our NSRI rescue swimmers and our …
Spencer Oldham, NSRI Hout Bay station commander, said: At 14h19, Sunday, 15 March, NSRI Kommetjie and NSRI Hout Bay duty crews were activated following eyewitness reports of a sailing dinghy capsized offshore of Kommetjie slipway with 2 people onboard – both persons were reported to be on the hull of the capsized craft. NSRI Kommetjie …
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simons Town station commander, said: At 14h01, Saturday, 14 March, NSRI Simons Town duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local yachtsman, a solo sailor, reporting that his sailing yacht had suffered rudder failure while sailing South of Cape Point. At that stage he was approximately 15 nautical …
At 18h07, Friday, 13 March, NSRI Bakoven and NSRI Table Bay duty crews were activated following eyewitness reports of 2 young males appearing to be in distress offshore of Cosy Bay Beach, Oudekraal. NSRI rescue swimmers responded while NSRI Bakoven duty crew responded to the NSRI Bakoven station 2 rescue base to prepare to launch …
At 13h34, Friday, 13 March, NSRI Kommetjie duty crew, NSRI Hout Bay duty crew and the CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network were activated following eyewitness reports of 2 teenagers appearing to be in distress in the surf zone at Kommetjie Beach, between Sunset Reef and Long Beach. An eyewitness contacted NSRI EOC …
Ryan Holmes, NSRI Gordons Bay station commander, said: At 16h55, Thursday, 12 March, NSRI Gordons Bay were alerted following a request for assistance from a local skipper reporting motor mechanical failure to his fishing craft approximately 10 nautical miles offshore of Gordons Bay, with 5 crew onboard. They had launched earlier in the day from …
Quentin Botha, NSRI Table Bay station commander, said: At 19h26, Thursday, 12 March, NSRI Table Bay were alerted by a local boater reporting that he was on his own boat alongside a local 26 foot motor boat, that had sustained motor mechanical failure, with 10 crew onboard, offshore of Granger Bay. The local boater was …
Rowan Marais, NSRI Melkbosstrand station commander, said: At 15h37, Wednesday, 11 March, NSRI Melkbosstrand duty crew and the CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network were activated following eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress at Bloubergstrand Beach, Table View. CoCT lifeguards, BBSL (Big Bay Surf Lifesaving) lifeguards, NSRI Melkbosstrand, NSRI Table Bay, Community …
Cape Town – The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is urging the public to exercise caution around water during the current heatwave affecting Cape Town and parts of the Western Cape. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a heatwave advisory for the Western Cape, including the Cape Town region, expected to persist from …
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown station commander, said: At 18h12, Wednesday, 4 March, NSRI Simonstown duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Diaz Beach, Cape Point. CMR (Cape Medical Response), an NSRI Simonstown rescue vehicle, an NSRI Kommetjie rescue vehicle, NSRI rescue swimmers, the SA Police Services, TMNP (Table Mountain National …
Cape Town – Following an incident involving a seal and kayakers in Hout Bay, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) acknowledges the swift response and ongoing management of the situation by the City of Cape Town. Authorities have removed two seals from the area, one involved in the incident on Saturday and another from Duiker …
The search for a solo sailor on his sailing yacht began on Friday afternoon, 19 August, when NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) were alerted by MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) to the sailing yacht Panacea that had been spotted by the motor vessel Bulk Carrier ‘SOLIN’ approximately 31 nautical miles South East off-shore of Cape …
Mike Vonk, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said: At 11h06, Wednesday, 29 June, NSRI Wilderness duty crew were activated to assist Eden 911 ambulance services who were responding to a female who slipped an injured herself on the Half Collared Kingfisher Trail, 3 kilometers upstream from Ebb & Flow Rest Camp. The sea rescue craft Oscars rescuer was …
At 14h09, Tuesday, 28 June, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a shark incident involving a swimmer at Sanctuary Beach, on the Robberg side of Robberg 5, Plettenberg Bay. NSRI rescue swimmers responded directly to the scene and 2 NSRI rescue craft were launched. On arrival on the scene the …
Mike Vonk, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said: KARATARA: At 12h55, Friday, 24 June, NSRI Wilderness duty crew were alerted to reports of a truck that left the roadway at a low lying bridge on the Karatara River, Karatara Road, Karatara, inland of Sedgefield, with the truck reportedly trapped in rapid flowing water. WC Government Health …
