Marc May, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said; "NSRI St Francis Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew are continuing an extensive search at St Francis Bay Main Beach where a man, believed to be 20 years old, from St Francis Bay, went missing in the surf while swimming on Saturday. "Our NSRI volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated at 11h05 on Saturday 21 January, … [Read more...] about St Francis Man Missing Presumed Drowned
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Oyster Bay Suspected Heart Attack Victim Dies
Marc May, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said; "At 11h12 on Thursday 12 December, NSRI St Francis Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a male suffering a suspected heart attack aboard the Chokka fishing boat Galaxy off-shore of Oyster Bay. "Our NSRI St Francis bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched our sea rescue craft Spirit of … [Read more...] about Oyster Bay Suspected Heart Attack Victim Dies
St Francis Bay Man Presumed Drowned
Mark May, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said; "At 13h57 on Wednesday 2 November NSRI St Francis Bay volunteer duty sea rescue crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Main Beach, St Francis Bay. "Our NSRI volunteer duty crew launched our sea rescue craft Spirit of St Francis II and Private Care ambulance service, Metro EMS and a Metro EMS … [Read more...] about St Francis Bay Man Presumed Drowned
Trapped Whale off of St Francis Bay Believed to Have Freed Itself
At 07h04 on Sunday 10 July members of the SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) were activated following reports from a chokka fishing boat at sea of a small whale appearing to be entangled in a drogue parachute (a drogue parachute is normally used to slow down fishing trawlers, while fishing, by being placed in the water to drag behind the trawler) 11 nautical miles … [Read more...] about Trapped Whale off of St Francis Bay Believed to Have Freed Itself
Busy Week for NSRI as St Francis Bay Becomes an Island
On Wednesday (6 July) and Thursday evening (7 July) NSRI Jeffreys Bay volunteer duty crew were dispatched to search the shoreline following reports of red distress flares seen by eye-witnesses off-shore of Jeffreys Bay in the early evening on both occasions. An extensive search on both nights has revealed no sign of any persons or craft in any difficulty and there are no … [Read more...] about Busy Week for NSRI as St Francis Bay Becomes an Island
