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Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown station commander, said: At 04h44, Sunday, 26 June, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) were alerted by Telkom Maritime Radio Services and by MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) of a Saldanha Bay 24 meter fishing vessel capsized and that there were casualties in the water 8 nautical miles South of Cape Point …
HERMANUS – Jean le Roux, NSRI Hermanus duty coxswain, said: At 17h13, Sunday, 19 June, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local whale watching boat reporting engine trouble and requiring assistance to get to the harbour. The sea rescue craft The Legacy was launched and we rendezvoused with …
Jean le Roux, NSRI Hermanus duty coxswain, said: At 17h05, Wednesday, 15 June, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were activated following a call from a commercial whale watching vessel reporting that they had come across a body adrift at sea approximately 1 nautical mile South of Hermanus Harbour. The SA Police Services were alerted while our …
Jaco Kruger, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said: At 07h30, Wednesday, 1 June, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were alerted by the Southern Cape Marine Animal Stranding Network, who had a member of their team on the scene at Dune Park, Keurbooms Beach, where a Striped Dolphin was found to have beached. Our NSRI rescue …
Junré Marais, NSRI Yzerfontein duty commander, said: On Saturday, 26 December, at 12h29, NSRI Yzerfontein duty crew, during routine training exercises, were diverted to respond to Huis Baai, Dassen Island, following a request for assistance from 4 local, 3 men and a female, on a 6 meter RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) reporting engine failure. …
A Police Dive Unit are continuing in an ongoing search operation for a lifeguard who went missing on Saturday afternoon in the surfline at Muizenberg Main Beach. City of Cape Town (CoCT) lifeguards, CoCT Law Enforcement and Law Enforcement Marine Unit, CoCT Fire and Rescue Services, the SA Police Services and a Police Dive unit, …
Quentin Botha, NSRI Table Bay duty coxswain, said: At 21h42, Saturday, 28 November, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a 59 year old local man fallen overboard a fishing vessel at moorings at Duncan Dock in the Port of Table Bay. The NSRI Table Bay sea rescue craft Spirit of Day …
Hein Köhne, NSRI Melkbosstrand deputy station commander, said: At 17h31, Friday, 20 November, NSRI Melkbosstrand duty crew were activated following a request for urgent assistance from a family reporting their son, age 32, being swept out to sea at Koeberg Beach. A sea rescue craft was prepared to be launched at Melkbosstrand NSRI and rescue …
Jean le Roux, NSRI Hermanus duty coxswain, said: At 17h15, Thursday, 12 November, NSRI Hermanus duty crew launched the sea rescue craft Rotarian Burnett to respond to assist 3 men on a fishing boat that was suffering engine failure off-shore of Danger Point. On arrival on the scene we assisted to get the casualty boat …
An extensive search for a man who reportedly went missing in the surf while swimming has revealed no sign of the man. Vaughn Seconds, NSRI Strandfontein station commander, said: At 13h57, Sunday, 11 October, NSRI Strandfontein duty crew were activated following reports from City of Cape Town (CoCT) Law Enforcement officers of a drowning in …
The swift reaction of 2 couples on the local yacht Savannah has contributed to saving the lives of a man and a woman who capsized on their sea-kayak on Sunday near to Robben Island. Marc de Vos, NSRI Table Bay station commander, said: At 15h48, Sunday, 11 October, NSRI duty controllers intercepted urgent marine VHF …
A Pygmy Sperm whale has sadly died after beaching a second time. Thys Carstens, NSRI Witsand station commander, said: “NSRI Witsand crew were activated following reports from an NSRI Witsand crewman, Anton Kotze, of a whale found beached at Main Beach, Witsand. Our crew responded to the scene where a Pygmy Sperm whale was found …
The NSRI and City of Cape Town (CoCT) Marine Animal Stranding Network are appealing to surfers, paddlers and bathers on the Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town, particularly in the Long Beach, Kommetjie and Noordhoek areas, to be cautious following a Bryde’s whale carcass that has washed up on Long Beach, Kommetjie, on Monday 10 August. The …
At 12h51, Thursday, 6 August, NSRI Emergency Operations Centre were alerted by family of missing Raymind Samuels, 23, from Hout Bay, reporting that they had located and recovered the body near to where he had gone missing on Sunday at Duiker Island, Hout Bay, while scuba-diving. The SA Police Services, City of Cape Town Law …
Jean du Plessis, NSRI Still Bay station commander, said: At 14h26, Thursday, 6 August, NSRI Still Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a kite-surfer in difficulty approximately 500 meters off-shore of Still Bay harbour and eye-witnesses confirmed that he being swept out to sea. Our duty crew responded to our sea rescue base …
Alan Meiklejohn, NSRI Gordons Bay station commander, said: At 08h17, Wednesday, 5 August, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated to assist at Strand Beach where a sea turtle was located appearing to be injured on the beach. On arrival on the scene a sea turtle, identified as a Hawksbill sea turtle, was secured into …
Vaughn Seconds, NSRI Strandfontein station commander, said: During a routine training exercise on Sunday, 2 August, our NSRI Strandfontein duty crew onboard the sea rescue craft Sharon assisted local angler Ebrahim Ebrahim, who was fishing from the beach, to recover his bait boat that was adrift in the surfline after fishing gut fouled the small …
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. …
MyPR: Table Bay NSRI Deputy Station Commander Has Been Saving Lives For Almost 50 Years: Patrick Van Eyssen, 67-year-old Deputy Station Commander at NSRI Station 3, Table Bay Photo: Accredited to NSRI To mark Mandela Month, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is celebrating the contributions of their volunteers, of which seven are 67 years …
Alan Meiklejohn, NSRI Gordons Bay station commander, said: On Saturday, 06 June, at 08h25, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated following reports from a fisherman of a body in the ocean that he had happened upon while fishing off-shore of False Bay. The SA Police Services were alerted and our sea rescue craft Jack …
Ian Klopper, SAWDN team leader, said: At 16h31, Wednesday, 06th May, SAWDN (SA Whale Disentanglement Network) were activated following reports from a Scarborough resident of a whale appearing to be entangled in fishing rope and in distress off-shore of Scarborough. NSRI Kommetjie sea rescue craft, Spirit of the Vines and IL Batello, accompanied by SAWDN …
Quentin Botha, NSRI Table Bay duty coxswain, said: At 19h56, Monday, 23 March, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were alerted by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to prepare to launch following a WC Government Health EMS duty doctor’s medical evaluation of an ill 59 year old crewman, from the Hellenic Republic, and the duty …
At 12h21, Sunday, 12th January, SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers and NSRI Mykonos duty crew launched from both St Helena Bay and from NSRI Mykonos aboard two NSRI Mykonos sea rescue craft, Spirit of Surfski 5 and Jacqueline, following eye-witness reports of an adult Humpback whale entangled in fishing rope lines in the vicinity …
At 07h04, Friday, 10th January, SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers were activated to assist North of Dassen Island where a DEFF (Department of Environment Forestry and Fisheries) research boat, Ellen Khuzwayo, was on the scene at a DEFF research rope, anchored to the sea bed, approximately 5 nautical miles North of Dassen Island, and …
At 08h22, Tuesday, 10th September, NSRI Table Bay, NSRI Bakoven and members of NSRI Headquarters together with CoCT Law Enforcement, SA Police Services, Cape Town Fire and Rescue services and a Fire Dive Unit, WC Government Health EMS and a Police Dive Unit responded to Three Anchor Bay pavilion following reports of a capsized rigid …
Pat van Eyssen, NSRI Table Bay duty coxswain, said: At 15h55, Friday, 16th August, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following reports of scaffolding collapsed at work in progress at a ship docked in Duncan Dock, in the Port of Table Bay, and a male worker, in …
Cape Town in the news: NSRI warns Cape Town beach goers: The National Sea Rescue Institute has cautioned beach goers to be aware of when it is high tide when visiting the coast in Cape Town. The National Sea Rescue Institute has cautioned beach goers to be …: “Cape Town” – BingNews Marc Batchelor offered …
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown station commander, said: At 16h03, Thursday, 27th June, NSRI Simonstown duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following reports from an SA Navy Patrol boat that had happened upon a 30 foot local boat from Kalk Bay capsized and adrift at sea off-shore of Simonstown, deep-sea in …
Reinard Geldenhuys, NSRI Agulhas station commander, said: At 10h30, Sunday, 16th June, NSRI Agulhas became aware of the yacht LOGOS, sailing from Simonstown to Mosselbay, caught in no wind conditions and under motor power. The yacht was in the vicinity of Quoin Point and the solo skipper, Stefan Pick from Mossel Bay, feared that he …
At 08h32. Saturday, 08th June, SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers launched from Simonstown harbour aboard two NSRI Simonstown sea rescue craft, Spirit of Safmarine III and Spirit of Surfski II, following reports from a crew on a rigid inflatable boat and other eye-witnesses of a whale entangled in fishing rope lines in the vicinity …
