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.

The pilot of a Microlight aircraft in KwaZulu-Natal has helped to save the life of a drowning victim north of the Tugela mouth. Sea Rescue was alerted to a man lying motionless on a remote beach on the North Coast of KZN thanks to a good Samaritan who spotted the man from the air. Microlight […]

The 43-year-old man from Bloubergstrand was reported missing by his diving companion just after noon on Sunday 1 December.

The bodies of two missing teenagers were recovered from the surf at Rocklands beach in Cape Town on Monday having gone missing over the weekend.

Two men have been declared dead in a Sea Point drowning incident while a man and a woman are still missing with search efforts ongoing.

Sea Rescue’s number one rule for a safe experience at the beach is to choose a beach that has lifeguards on duty and to swim between their flags.

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) have presented their simple but effective rescue buoy programme to a World conference on drowning prevention.

A warning of rough seas and adverse weather conditions has not prevented South Africans from getting into trouble in the ocean this weekend.

NSRI urges public caution around the coastline this weekend following an SA Weather Service alert forecasting adverse weather around the Western Cape coastline with storm conditions, strong winds, heavy rainfall and rough sea conditions late Saturday and into Sunday.

A man has gone missing in the Durban Port after a canoe, he and thee others were paddling capsized between the Esplanade sandbank and Central sandbank.

A fatal drowning at the Vaal Dam in the Free State on Saturday has marred the Youth Day weekend.

The NSRI and SAWDN have rescued a humpback whale from entanglement in fishing ropes off of Cape Point.

Five fishermen required the assistance of the NSRI after their vessel collided with a whale and began taking on water.

The search for three fisherman lost at sea off Kleinmond near Hermanus in the Western Cape is ongoing according to the National Sea Rescue Institute. The families of the men reported their disappearance on Friday activating two rescue boats and the EMS/AMS Skymed rescue helicopter. Rescuers were able to locate the fishing boat the men […]

Sea Rescue would welcome financial support for their projects from generous members of the public.

The NSRI have reported the fatal drowning of a fourteen-year-old girl off Jabula beach near St Lucia in Northern KwaZulu-Natal.

The NSRI have warned visitors to beaches, oceans and dams to be extra safe over the Easter weekend.