Notices

The casualty (12 years old) was part of a group of friends who swam on the side of the pier when he got into trouble, this was noticed by the fishermen on the pier who called it in.

The Beach Office deployed swimmers to the scene which was approximately 200m from the parking lot, the casualty at this time had spent at least 30 minutes in the water and reports were received that he was getting visibly tired. The Beach Office swimmers successfully reached the casualty and assisted him back to shore where he was handed over to EMS for monitoring. Well done to the Beach Office crew!

In the interim CWR swimmers had arrived, they were sent to assist but stood down before entering the water as there was no further assistance required. 

Services on scene: CWR, Beach Office, EMS Ambulance, EMS Rescue, Fire Department, SAPS Dive Unit, SAPS Flying Squad, NMB Traffic Department. 

The CWR squad was activated at 13:25 today following reports of a drowning in progress at Maitlands Beach. On arrival, it was established that a single person got into trouble while swimming, and a friend of his went into the water to help him but subsequently also got into trouble.

The alarm was raised by bystanders who reported that two people were in trouble and being pulled out to sea.
CWR rescue swimmers were deployed into the water, and the Beach Office launched their jetski to assist with the search. Both casualties were recovered but they were both unfortunately declared deceased.

Services on Scene: CWR, Beach Office, SAPS, SAPS Divers, EMS, EMS/AMS Chopper, NSRI