The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said a man was killed after he was attacked by a shark in Plettenberg Bay on Tuesday.

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said a man was killed after he was attacked by a shark in Plettenberg Bay on Tuesday.

A ski-boat allegedly suffered engine failure before drifting out of the entrance to the Durban Port and capsizing. The eight survivors were saved from the water by a private vessel.

The NSRI said the Simon’s Town body was a roadworks employee who allegedly disappeared from his post on Tuesday morning.

NSRI rescue swimmers are yet to find a man who was swept into the sea off rocks by waves at the Esplanade in Hermanus.

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has issued a shark alert for the Plettenberg Bay coastline due to shark activity.

‘At this point I was feeling anxious & nervous, and I missed my dad’: Liezel van der Westhuizen swam from Robben Island to Blouberg.

Rip currents can be dangerous and difficult to spot – here’s how to avoid them and what to do if you get caught up in one. Watch video.

Rip currents can be dangerous and difficult to spot – here’s how to avoid them and what to do if you get caught up in one. Watch video.

A 10-year-old girl drowned at Trafalgar swimming pool in Woodstock, Cape Town. Another girl, 12, was taken to hospital.

The NSRI pulled an elderly German couple from the surf at Robberg Nature Reserve on Friday. They were in grave danger of being caught in rip currents.

The 18-year-old and three other friends (who were rescued) experienced difficulty while in the surf at Sunset Beach on Sunday.

The NSRI said an unidentified man was still missing after he had been washed off rocks by waves in Port Edward.

The National Sea Rescue Institute said the man drowned in the natural tidal pool alongside Sea Point Promenade on New Year’s Day

Rip currents can be dangerous and difficult to spot – here’s how to avoid them and what to do if you get caught up in one. Watch video.

The NSRI said a swarm of bees attacked a boat with four crew members on the Kowie River, causing them to crash into the river bank and trees.

The NSIR said on Saturday the search for the 20-year-old man missing in the surf at Kidds Beach, Port Edward is still on.

Police said a teenager who drowned in Richards Bay is still missing at sea, the search will continue on Sunday.

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said in total, 20 kayakers who landed in trouble were rescued over the weekend at Cape Vidal.

The mother of the nine-year-old boy who was missing at sea in Mosselbay found his little body washed out on the beach.

A Humpback whale was found off-shore in Plettenberg Bay with fishing rope around the tail stock and trailing fishing gear on Wednesday.

The NSRI said a nine-year-old boy is missing at sea in Mosselbay while a man drowned in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.

A woman believed to be from Gauteng died after her vehicle went over the edge of the Hartbeespoort Dam wall on Monday night.

Several eyewitnesses saw a man fall off his paddle-ski before disappearing in the water approximately 30 meters from the Kalk Bay shore.

A shark alert has been issued after a carcass of a Humpback whale has been spotted off-shore on the Western edge of Port Alfred.

A dog found in the middle of Hartbeespoort Dam and appeared to be in difficulty swimming in the direction from Mariners Village was rescued.

An investigation into the death of two Western Cape fishermen is underway. The NSRI and police were alerted to the incident on Friday.

A 23-year-old Gauteng man remains missing after he was reportedly washed out to sea by a rip current off of Camps Bay in Cape Town.

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) reminded the public to not climb aboard the BOS 400 shipwreck in Cape Town. This comes after two students were rescued after jumping from the barge into the sea.

On arrival on the scene, rescue swimmers entered the water and recovered a man found lifeless and face down in the water.

A female tourist believed to be between the ages of 50 and 60 suffered a fatal fall on a trail in the Tsitsikamma National Park on Wednesday.

The seaside town of Herolds Bay has been rocked by the tragic drowning of a 22-year-old local man who found himself caught in a rip current.

Three Filipino crewmen were evacuated after they were injured while on-board along the Durban coast on Wednesday, 9 June 2021.

The NSRI confirmed that three men have been rescued after a power yacht ran aground on Robben Island on Tuesday 8 June.

The NSRI was called to action on Tuesday after a father and son that were fishing near Doringbaai disappeared. The body of the father was found on Wednesday while the search for the son continues.

NSRI Hermanus said the Cape Town man was wading in shallow water with his nine-year-old grandson when a current swept him away.

Members of the NSRI retrieved the body of a 39-year-old from Hartbeespoort dam on Saturday, with an investigation into the incident launched.

Five men were rescued after two boats collided on Sunday night off the Hout Bay coast, and NSRI teams are still searching for one man.

Police has recovered the body of a 15-year-old girl who drowned in East London. The teen was reportedly swept out to sea by rip currents.

A Search and Rescue vessel was named in honour of Donna Nicholas after she left the NSRI a substantial amount of money in her will.

One man has fatally drowned and another has been hospitalised for treatment of hypothermia after a tender boat capsized in Struisbaai.

Rescue services responded to a swimmer in distress in an emergency situation unfolding at Wilderness on Tuesday afternoon.

A spate of near-fatal incidents off the Cape Town coast has put the NSRI on full alert, and visitors have been told to avoid the Bos 400 shipwreck.

The NSRI are appealing to the public to be cautious following a weekend of multiple serious incidents including fatal drownings.

For the second time in two weeks, a whale has washed up on the southern coast of South Africa – and a shark warning is now in place for Jeffrey’s Bay.

Three men drowned near Kleinmond when their boat capsized overnight. Two teenagers also drowned in strong rip currents along the coast.

Night mission in rough sea conditions sees injured sailor transferred from bulk carrier and taken to Durban for treatment.

A whale carcass that washed ashore at Strandfontein on Saturday could attract sharks, National Sea Rescue Institute warns.

NSRI commended Richards Bay residents Charlie Singh, Nicholas Moodley and the unidentified bystander for rescuing the teenager and Adelene Singh for raising the alarm.

‘Go for it’ is NSRI’s Carmen Long’s simple motto when it comes to achieving what has not been done before.

NSRI appeal to the public to have home safety top of mind during the extended lockdown.

During an ongoing search during the night, there remains no sign of the missing fishermen.

A huge rescue operation is underway as search teams fear for “at least nine missing people” on board a capsized boat near Cape Town.

An 11-year-old girl was critically injured in a boating accident on the Hartbeespoort Dam in the North West and airlifted to hospital on Saturday.

The body of the fourth swimmer who drowned in Sea Point on Sunday, was retrieved from the surf and brought to the family on Wednesday 27 November 2019.

Despite an extensive sea and shoreline search, no sign of the teenager has been found.

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The humpback whale was first spotted on Sunday, but had disappeared before rescuers were able to help.

A man has gone missing in the Durban Port after a canoe, he and thee others were paddling capsized between the Esplanade sandbank and Central sandbank.

The boat is believed to have capsized at about midday on Thursday.

The got entangled while heading towards St Francis Bay.

Well-meaning beach-goers tried to save the a whale shark washed up at Camps Bay but may have inadvertently harmed the creature.

Prayers go out to the family of this brave man.

The Festive Season is a notoriously dangerous time on South African shores, as holidaymakers flock to the ocean in search of sun, fun and relaxation.

The decomposing corpse of a French sailor was discovered in a yacht off the coast of a KZN beach this Saturday, and the case has become an intriguing one.

At 14:00 on Boxing Day, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Melkbosstrand duty crew launched two sea rescue craft. The Rotaries Gift and Spirit of Brenda initiated a search for a 38-year-old Frenchman. The man from Paris, who had launched a hired windsurfer at 11:00 had failed to return to the shore, News24 reported. The NSRI Table Bay dispatched […]

The eagle-eyed boy spotted the strugglers, and immediately raised the alarm with the NSRI

What an effort.

The NSRI is currently engaged in a sea rescue operation off the coast of Cape Town.