East Cape Coastal Water Rescue
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10Oct2025 - Drowning Swartkops River

10 October 2025

The CWR squad activated to respond to Tyger Bay, Swartkops River at 09:21 today following reports of a missing person in the river.
On arrival at scene, bystander information was received that a youth of about 10 years old was in the water when he got into trouble. A 17-year-old teen who was nearby went in to help but got into difficulty himself, and subsequently submerged.
The search area was across from Tyger Bay. The CWR squad used the inflatable Rescue Croc to cross the river and performed a surface search. They were joined by crew from NSRI Station 6 in Rescue 6C, who also assisted the SAPS divers to the search area.
The CWR squad withdrew from the search area and the SAPS divers took over the search.
The search was ongoing when CWR withdrew from the scene.