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.