Police are still searching for the body of one child after four children drowned after being swept out to sea on New Year’s Day

The NSRI has warned beachgoers to be aware of the upcoming full moon spring tide which could cause strong rip currents in some areas

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said a father and son was rescued in a dramatic sea search that lasted more than two hours.

The bather’s body (Matric teenager) was recovered by KDM lifeguards, Medi Response Search and Rescue Unit and the Police

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 father seemingly suffered cardiac arrest on Saturday while spear-fishing out at sea, and the son swam the man back to shore.

A search and rescue operation was launched on Sunday in an attempt to locate a six-year-old child who went missing at sea.

A search and rescue operation on the North Coast in an attempt to locate a six-year-old child who is missing at sea will continue on Monday.

A search and rescue operation was underway on the North Coast in an attempt to locate a six-year-old child who is missing at sea.

Alan Winde recently joined the ‘My Octopus Teacher’ crew to promote conservation in celebration of World Oceans Week.

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

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.

Dramatic video footage shows the moment a sailing boat was surrounded by killer whales in the Strait of Gibraltar.

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

It’s said that ‘My Octopus Teacher’ will take you to a world few humans have ever seen, rich with unimaginable vistas, creatures and characters.

While lockdown restrictions remain in place and beaches and inland waterways are not officially opened NSRI are nonetheless appealing to the public to exercise caution and to adopt a safety-conscious mindset around the coastline and on inland waterways.

SAWDN were alerted by fishermen on the local commercial fishing vessel Rusvic of a Bryde’s whale entangled in fishing ropes and floatation buoys South West off-shore of Agulhus lighthouse.

The NSRI report that Kobus de Kok, a 66-year-old man, saved two fishermen whose boat had capsized near Gansbaai.

A fisherman has fatally drowned after falling off a dolos at the he Umzimkhulu River Mouth near Port Shepstone.

Surfers have once again come to the rescue of a swimmer in distress just off the seaside town of Herolds Bay on the Garden Route.

A surfer came to the rescue of a young woman caught in a riptide at Herolds Bay in the Western Cape on Valentine’s Day.

The drowning of a young man at Betty’s Bay cast a shadow on New Year’s Day celebrations.