At 11h45 on Saturday 5 November, NSRI Knysna volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a man standing in the lagoon in knee deep water waving a white shopping bag (appearing to be calling for help) in the vicinity of the train bridge.
The NSRI Knysna sea rescue craft SPIRIT OF KYC III was launched and on reaching the scene the man was in waist deep water and he was taken onboard our sea rescue craft and taken ashore at the angling club where he required no further assistance.
It appears that the man, Ronnie Jones, 51, a local, had walked along the bank at low tide but in the strong, gusting, North Westerly wind, the water had quickly risen, as high tide approached, cutting him off from mainland so he waved his shopping bag in the hope that someone would call the sea rescue authorities.
