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Thanks to donors and volunteers, Plett is now one of the safest beaches in the world 🌊New Beach Safety Cameras and shark...
13/08/2025

Thanks to donors and volunteers, Plett is now one of the safest beaches in the world 🌊

New Beach Safety Cameras and shark alarms help NSRI teams act fast and save lives.

“This is proactive life saving,” says Jason Kampel.

11/08/2025

NSRI Rescue Report | A Week of Life-saving Missions: Every week, our volunteer rescue crews respond to emergencies across the country, from coastlines to inland waters. This is a look at some of the rescues, images, and moments that demonstrate their courage, skill, and dedication to saving lives from the past week.

Police Search and Rescue, assisted by Metro Police Search and Rescue, are continuing in an ongoing search for a male tee...
11/08/2025

Police Search and Rescue, assisted by Metro Police Search and Rescue, are continuing in an ongoing search for a male teenager that was reported to be missing at Wedge Beach, Durban, on Friday.
https://www.nsri.org.za/2025/08/teenager-missing/

An 8-metre Humpback whale is free again thanks to a challenging rescue off Elands Bay 🐋Fishermen spotted it tangled in r...
11/08/2025

An 8-metre Humpback whale is free again thanks to a challenging rescue off Elands Bay 🐋

Fishermen spotted it tangled in rope and stayed with it until the NSRI arrived.

“One whale at a time,” said Coxswain Gerhard Visagie.

From lifeguards to coxswains, women of the NSRI lead with courage and heart. 💪 “I joined because I wanted to be part of ...
09/08/2025

From lifeguards to coxswains, women of the NSRI lead with courage and heart. 💪 “I joined because I wanted to be part of something. I wanted to help,” says Class 1 Coxswain Carmen Long.

💧 A Lifesaving ContributionBrett Ayres, NSRI Operations Director, accepted a symbolic cheque from Ian Barber, Fluidra SA...
08/08/2025

💧 A Lifesaving Contribution
Brett Ayres, NSRI Operations Director, accepted a symbolic cheque from Ian Barber, Fluidra SA National Sales Manager, on behalf of Fundació Fluidra and Fluidra South Africa.
This generous R165,000 donation will be allocated to the maintenance of our Survival Swimming Centres, helping us ensure that more children across South Africa learn life-saving water safety skills.
We’re deeply grateful to , , and for their ongoing support and belief in our purpose: saving lives, changing lives, and creating futures.
🌊 Thank you for helping build a water-safe nation.

.From the dance floor to the rescue boat, Siyabonga Mthethwa moves with purpose 💙Class 4 Coxswain and water safety leade...
07/08/2025

.From the dance floor to the rescue boat, Siyabonga Mthethwa moves with purpose 💙

Class 4 Coxswain and water safety leader, his journey with NSRI is one of service and growth.

“NSRI has become the home of my growth,” he says.

From icy swims to ice buckets, the Winter Solstice Swim invites NSRI supporters to face the cold for a cause. ❄️🌊Heather...
06/08/2025

From icy swims to ice buckets, the Winter Solstice Swim invites NSRI supporters to face the cold for a cause. ❄️🌊

Heather Carroll (on the right of the Photo) stood out this year. After 14 years on dialysis, she still took the plunge and raised thousands for Sea Rescue.

“A small way I could get involved,” she said. “The experience enriched my life.”

05/08/2025

NSRI Rescue Report | A Week of Life-saving Missions:
Every week, our volunteer rescue crews respond to emergencies across the country, from coastlines to inland waters. This is a look at some of the rescues, images, and moments that demonstrate their courage, skill, and dedication to saving lives from the past week.

18/06/2025

A juvenile Humpback whale has been successfully disentangled from fishing rope and flotation buoys in a challenging disentanglement operation on Tuesday.

18/06/2025

    A juvenile Humpback whale has been successfully disentangled from fishing rope and flotation buoys in a challenging disentanglement operation off the West Coast on Tuesday, 17 June.   NSRI crews from Lamberts Bay, St Helena Bay and Yzerfontein were alerted by the SA Whale Disentanglement Netw...

18/06/2025

Successful Whale Disentanglement with our Neighbouring Stations👏🏻 Well done to all crew involved!

Herewith, we, NSRI Station 34 - Yzerfontein, would like to inform the public that we will be conducting a pyrotechnics e...
29/05/2025

Herewith, we, NSRI Station 34 - Yzerfontein, would like to inform the public that we will be conducting a pyrotechnics exercise on *Saturday the 31st of May 2025 @ 09:30 - 10:30 in Yzerfontein Harbour* (33° 20,767'S 018° 08,964'E). Firing from the harbour in a Northerly direction out to sea.

We will fire off:
5x 1000 ft Red parachute signal rocket flares
5x Red handheld flares
2x Orange smoke signals

We will strictly follow all safety precautions as per manufacture guidelines, and will also be firing the flares from land/shore out to sea to minimize any fire risk the flares may pose.

The necessary permission has been obtained and all relevant authorities/role players have also been informed.

Should there be any questions, please feel free to contact me directly on 072 905 1722. I will also be present during the training exercise should there be a need to contact me.

Kindest Regards
Junré Marais
Station Commander - NSRI Station 34 - Yzerfontein

12/02/2025

Die oorskot van ’n moordwalvis is die afgelope Sondag (9 Februarie) op die strand van Yzerfontein aangetref.

Afternoon all,Please be advised:The NSRI is aware of the Orca (Killer Whale) close to shore in Pearl Bay area. The whale...
09/02/2025

Afternoon all,

Please be advised:

The NSRI is aware of the Orca (Killer Whale) close to shore in Pearl Bay area. The whale is not entangled and unfortunately appears to be deceased.

At this stage they cannot do anything and the necessary authorities have been notified.

Regards,

This past weekend, we hosted a spitbraai for our volunteers and their partners to celebrate the year-end and thank them ...
24/12/2024

This past weekend, we hosted a spitbraai for our volunteers and their partners to celebrate the year-end and thank them for their sacrifices. With 29 trainings, 15 callouts, and over 2200 hours logged at base this year, their dedication is unmatched.

A huge thank you to Spar Yzerfontein (Jason & Ashleigh Nel) for generously sponsoring a whole lamb and to Erik De Milander for the amazing spitbraai and food. Your support means everything to us!

True heroes Jana and Theuns👏🏻 We are proud to have you guys keeping our beachgoers safe🙏🏼
19/12/2024

True heroes Jana and Theuns👏🏻 We are proud to have you guys keeping our beachgoers safe🙏🏼

Regional Training 2024 - Part 2🌧️These sessions included towing, rafting, rope work, knot challengers, night training an...
19/11/2024

Regional Training 2024 - Part 2🌧️

These sessions included towing, rafting, rope work, knot challengers, night training and little bit of freezing!

We also got rained out of camp and were forced to pack up with everything drenched💧

Regional Training 2024 - Part 1🌊That weekend back in July brought a stormy cold front, long hours, a bunch of crew chang...
14/11/2024

Regional Training 2024 - Part 1🌊

That weekend back in July brought a stormy cold front, long hours, a bunch of crew changes and a whole lot of learning.

This was the Friday trip from Yzerfontein to Mykonos on our 8.8M RIB and the first few sessions Saturday morning on the JetRib.

Welcome Home to our brand new JetRib, Rescue 34A❤️💛A special thanks to Graeme and Rian from the training department who ...
15/07/2024

Welcome Home to our brand new JetRib, Rescue 34A❤️💛

A special thanks to Graeme and Rian from the training department who made the trip to deliver our new vessel!

Since the NSRI have been replacing all the 4.2’s with JetRibs, it was only a matter of time before it was our turn🙌🏼

As we say goodbye to our precious 4.2, Sonja, we are excited for this new journey with the innovative and state of the art creation from .

Here’s to many rescues and safe nautical miles to all crew helming and crewing her!

What our weekend looked like (mainly from the 4.2’s perspective). All crew did their fitness test whereafter both R34 an...
01/07/2024

What our weekend looked like (mainly from the 4.2’s perspective). All crew did their fitness test whereafter both R34 and R34A headed towards Dassen Island for some local knowledge training. The seas were definitely on and it was a wet & windy trip up and down.

R34 practiced some emergency steering procedures, radio communication and then both vessels returned back to Yzer.

The 4.2 then joined NSRI (Station 04 Mykonos) and NSRI (Station 44 St Helena)’s JetRibs for a bit of surf training in slightly adverse conditions.

It’s always a pleasure sharing the water with our neighbouring stations.

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