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At East London, Eastern Cape, following the assistance on Sunday morning on the Buffalo River, where a sailing yacht sunk with a jetty and where NSRI East London saved a passenger barge from sinking (towed safely to moorings), at 12h06, Sunday, 2 June, NSRI East London, SA Police Services, the Police Dive Unit, Police K9 Search and Rescue, Priority Care ambulance services, BCM Traffic Services and emergency services responded 10 flood related incidents at various locations around East … [Read more...] about Ongoing flood related incidents – all services remain on high alert

The NSRI reports that 4 Females remain missing, an adult male and a (believed to be) baby girl are deceased at various scenes at Kariega. At least up to 70 persons have been safely removed to various mustering points in 55 rescue operations - to be updated. SA Police Services, Police divers, Police K9 Search and Rescue, Fire and Rescue Services, Relay ambulance services, NSRI stations 6 Gqeberha, 36 Oyster Bay and 37 Jeffreys Bay, Coastal Water Rescue, EC Government Health EMS, local … [Read more...] about Kariega, Gqeberha, East London Flooding Rescue Operations Underway

Justin Erasmus, NSRI Gqeberha station commander, said: On Saturday morning, 18 May, at around 11h07, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew, while monitoring fishing craft launching for a local fishing competition, we activated 2 of our rescue craft to assist following a ski-boat, with 4 crew onboard, capsized by a wave in the surf zone during their launching to go to sea. All 4 casualty crew were in the water. An NSRI rescue craft, nearby at the time, rescued all 4 local adult men from the water. They … [Read more...] about Noordhoek: 4 men rescued after boat capsizes

1 person remains missing and the bodies of a man and a woman have been recovered, sadly deceased. Mike Whittal, NSRI Gqeberha duty controller, said: At 18h19, Sunday, 19 May, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew, CWR (Coastal Water Rescue), EC Government Health EMS and the SA Police Services were activated following reports of 3 persons missing in the surf zone at Summerstrand. It is believed that they went missing in the surf while swimming. NSRI rescue swimmers and CWR rescue swimmers, the SA … [Read more...] about Summerstand Drownings

Justin Erasmus, NSRI Gqeberha station commander, said: At 10h45, Sunday, 21 April, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following reports from TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) Port of Port Elizabeth Port Control of CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) efforts in progress on an adult male on a dive charter boat that was heading towards the Port of Port Elizabeth and was at the time in the vicinity of the outer Bell Buoy. The NSRI Gqeberha rescue craft, Rescue 6 Alpha (that was already … [Read more...] about Algoa Bay: Chinese Scuba Tourist Dead

Mark Dawson, NSRI Gqeberha duty coxswain, said: NSRI Gqeberha was alerted at 18h25, Tuesday, 26 March, to prepare for the medical evacuation of a seaman suffering a medical condition onboard a container motor vessel diverted to head towards Algoa Bay. At that stage the motor vessel was 60 nautical miles East from the Port of Port Elizabeth. At 23h00 the go ahead was sounded and at 00h19 the NSRI rescue craft Rescue 6 Alpha was launched, accompanied by an EC Government Health EMS rescue … [Read more...] about German Sailor Stable

Justin Erasmus, NSRI Gqeberha station commander, said: A 31 year old Indian man remains missing at sea. We are appealing to mariners in Algoa Bay and beyond and public members along the Gqeberha shoreline to be vigilant. The SA Police Services and WPDS (Water Policing and Diving Services) have been alerted. It is believed that at around (between) 17h00 and 18h00, on Saturday, 2 March, an MOB (Man Overboard) alarm was sounded from a container motor vessel about 6 nautical miles … [Read more...] about Algoa Bay: Man Still Missing at Sea

Mark Dawson, NSRI Gqeberha duty coxswain said: At 13h25, Monday, 12 February, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following a Mayday distress call, intercepted by TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) Port of Port Elizabeth Port Control and by Telkom Maritime Radio Services, from a local supply motor vessel, with 3 local crew onboard, taking on water and sinking approximately 8 nautical miles offshore of the Port of Port Elizabeth. Telkom Maritime Radio Services broadcast an all ships … [Read more...] about Algoa Bay: 3 Men Rescued From Sinking Vessel

Gerrit Cloete, NSRI Port Alfred deputy station commander, said: At 15h28, Monday, 12 February, NSRI Port Alfred duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress in the Kariega River Mouth, Kenton-On-Sea. NSRI Port Alfred rescue swimmers, the SA Police Services, EC Government Health EMS, Hi-Tec Security Services and Gardmed ambulance services responded. The NSRI craft, Spirit of Kenton, was launched at the Kariega River slipway and commenced with a search in the Kariega … [Read more...] about Kenton-On-Sea: 1 man missing, 1 man deceased

Patrick Brown, NSRI Gqeberha duty coxswain, said: At 16h00, Sunday, 21 January, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew and Coastal Water Rescue (CWR) and EC Government Health EMS were activated following reports from the NMBM (Nelson Mandela Bay) WERC (water emergency rescue committee) of a kite-boarder reported by an eyewitness to be in difficulty at Sardinia Bay beach. Our NSRI rescue vehicle, towing our NSRI rescue craft JetRib, responded to Noordhoek to prepare to launch. An unidentified kite-boarder … [Read more...] about Sardinia Bay: Kiteboarder Rescued

Mark Dawson, NSRI Gqeberha duty coxswain, said: At 21h31, Tuesday, 16 January, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were placed on alert to prepare to patient evacuate an injured sailor from a bulk carrier heading towards Algoa Bay from deep sea. A crewman onboard the motor vessel had reportedly fallen and suffered an injury. NSRI Gqeberha duty controllers, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre), TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) Port Elizabeth Port Control, Police Sea Borderline Control, a WC … [Read more...] about Gqeberha: Succesful Medical Evac

Sarah Smith, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said: At 14h54, Monday, 15 January, NSRI St Francis Bay and Kouga lifeguards were alerted to a surfer reportedly requiring medical assistance at Seal Point, Cape St Francis. NSRI prepared to launch an NSRI rescue craft while NSRI medics, NSRI rescue swimmers, Kouga Municipal lifeguards, EC Government Health EMS, REMS (Rapid Emergency Medical Services), Relay ambulance services, local security and CCP (Community Crime Prevention) companies … [Read more...] about Cape St Francis: Surfer Deceased

Sarah Smith, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said: At 22h36, Saturday, 6 January, NSRI St Francis Bay duty crew were activated following a call to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) from MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) reporting a local 29 meter stern trawler fishing vessel, with 24 crew onboard, running aground at Shark Point, St Francis Bay. The NSRI St Francis Bay rescue craft Rescue 21 was launched while NSRI rescue swimmers responded to the shoreline. The SA … [Read more...] about St Francis Bay – Fishing vessel runs aground

JEFFREYS BAY – At 12h28, Friday, 5 January, NSRI Jeffreys Bay duty crew were activated following a request for urgent assistance from a 62 year old man, with a friend, reporting that he had been bitten by a Ragged Tooth shark that he had caught while fishing - at Papiesfontein, North East of Jeffreys Bay. The man, from Plettenberg Bay, and his friend, had been shoreline angling, in preparation for an angling competition, when he landed a shark, then, while attempting to free the shark to be … [Read more...] about Shark Bites Fisherman

Mark Dawson, NSRI Gqeberha duty coxswain, said: On Monday evening NSRI Station 6 Gqeberha and EC Government Health EMS were alerted to prepare for a medical evacuation - Tuesday 21 November - at sea for a Filipino seaman, age 24, suffering a medical condition on a bulk carrier motor vessel. The vessel, at that stage, was 200 nautical miles off-shore of Durban and had been instructed to head towards Algoa Bay. NSRI Gqeberha duty controllers, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre), TNPA … [Read more...] about Long Day at Sea for Station 6