NSRI Melkbosstrand, at 12h42 on Saturday 7 October, responded to reports of a jet-skier in difficulty off-shore of Melkbosstrand. Rhine Barnes, NSRI Melkbosstrand station commander, said that on investigation it was found that the jet-skiers friend towed him to shore where NSRI Melkbosstrand volunteers helped them to recover their jet-ski’s.
At 16h39 on Saturday 7 October NSRI Melkbosstrand responded to Melkbosstrand beach following reports of a near drowning. On arrival on-scene a 25 year old man was found on the beach and he was treated for hypothermia and near drowning symptoms. A Metro EMS ambulance was summoned to the scene and the man was transported to hospital in a stable condition.
