Easter weekend marked the close of the 2025/2026 NSRI lifeguarding season, wrapping up sustained effort from lifeguards across South Africa’s coastline. Looking back, Lifeguarding Operations Manager Rebecca Carter-Smith describes it as “one of our most demanding, but also one of ...
August marks Women’s Month in South Africa, a time to honour the women whose courage helped reshape our nation and to recognise the continued contribution of women across all sectors of society. ...
NSRI crews are seeing a worrying trend across South Africa’s coastline: An increase in drowning in progress (DIP) incidents. ...
STRAND and GORDONS BAY: Early Monday morning, 25 September, NSRI Gordons Bay rescue swimmers, GB Med Sec ambulance services and Police responded to Kays Caravan Park in Strand where multiple residents were evacuated from the caravan park. ...
An NSRI Hout Bay rescue swimmer, on holiday to Hawaii, together with a South African friend, living in Hawaii, and a fellow sailor, assist 2 ladies from a car sinking in a harbour ...
On Wednesday Evening, 8th January 2020, NSRI Station 6 - Port Elizabeth launched to assist four swimmers who were reportedly caught in a rip current at Wells Estate Beach. Jonathan Tufts, NSRI Port Elizabeth deputy station commander, said:At 18h36, Wednesday ...
A Swedish Woman allegedly drowned on Thursday after reportedly being swept out to sea by a rip current in Oyster Bay. Volunteers from STATION 15 - Mossel Bay responded to the call. Andre Fraser, NSRI Mossel Bay station commander, said:At ...
NSRI volunteers are busier than ever as the festive season picks up. With increased numbers visiting beaches across the country, more people are needing the NSRI's assistance. Volunteers from STATION 3 - Table Bay, STATION 14 - Plettenberg Bay and ...
NSRI WATER SAFETY APPEAL:NSRI appeal to the bathers to only swim at beaches protected by lifeguards, in between the posted flags and only swim during the lifeguard beach stand-by times.NSRI are appealing to boaters and paddlers of craft launching to ...
The class of 2019 Cederberg NSRI Rescue Swimmers and beach patrol officers are almost finished an intensive Sea Rescue Swimmer boot camp at Clanwilliam. The course which has been run at Clanwilliam by Sea Rescue trainers is funded by the ...
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