At 06h45 on Sunday, 4 October, NSRI Richards Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at the ...
At 18h57 on Saturday, 3 October, NSRI Bakoven and NSRI Table Bay duty crews were activated following reports of a drowning in ...
NSRI Richards Bay and multiple emergency services are searching for a 19-year-old male who went missing while swimming at Mtunzini Main Beach on ...
At 15h07, Saturday, 3 October, NSRI St Lucia duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Cape Vidal Beach.
A man has died after getting into difficulty while bodyboarding at Kenton-on-Sea middle beach on Friday, 25 September, despite the efforts of three Good Samaritans and NSRI Port Alfred crew to save ...
Congratulations to Charles Booysen, who took this cracking good photograph of a humpback whale breaching in False Bay, while a 73-year-old man who called for help by activating SafeTrx was rescued by ...
As summer approaches, the NSRI is preparing not only for the usual increase in activity on South Africa’s waters, but for a season that could bring additional pressures. The El Niño climate cycle is ...
Fifty-five years ago, two young men began journeys with the NSRI that neither could have imagined would span more than half a century. Pat van Eyssen was just 19 when he was invited to a training ...
In September, 24 participants from 10 countries travelled to NSRI headquarters in Cape Town to take part in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) Leaders in Lifesaving course, co-hosted for ...
Eight years ago, Alick Rennie became the first of a new generation of Offshore Rescue Craft (ORCs) to join the NSRI fleet. Today, with eight ORCs built and the programme completed, the vessel that ...
After Graham Howes’ family set out to honour his memory by helping the NSRI save lives at sea, their vision is becoming a reality. Enough has now been raised to fund Spirit of Graham Howes, a ...
When an emergency unfolds, knowing that someone needs help is only the beginning. Rescuers need to know where the emergency is, what has happened, and how the situation is changing. Reliable ...