Notices

At 14:23 CWR was activated with a drowning in progress in Booysens Park. Two children crossed a river with the one carrying the younger one. During crossing they fell, and in the process the younger child was swept away in the current. All emergency organisations responded and a search was done of the river area where the incident took place. Unfortunately the victim was not recovered and the search will be continued by the SAPS S&R.
CWR, EMS, Fire, SAPS Divers, Beach Office was on scene. Our condolences to the family of the victim.

This afternoon at 13:42 the CWR squad was activated with a drowning in progress at the Redhouse Yacht Club. On arrival it was established that it was not a drowning in progress incident and a stand down was issued A drowning victim was earlier in the week was spotted, previous recovery attempts were not successful. On scene was CWR, BWBLSC, EMS, EMS Chopper, Fire and SAPS. The scene was handed over the the SAPS for further action. Our condolences to the friends and family of the victim. CWR

At 17h12 today the CWR squad was activated to assist with the search and rescue of two people trapped in the Elandsriver area. The site is only accessible by 4x4 vehicles. One victim was successfully rescued from across the flooding river by SAPS S&R unit, but unfortunately the second victim remains missing, the SAPS will be continuing the search in the morning.

At 08:18 the CWR squad was activated after a report from BWB Life Saving Club that a small boat has flipped in the mouth and that there were 3 people in the water. All patients made it safely to shore where they were attended to by paramedics. Two patients had to be ferried back to Brighten Beach from the northern side of the river mouth. One patient was transferred to hospital by EMS with injuries. The boat was retrieved by CWR and BWCLSC.

Well done to BWBLSC, EMS, Fire and NSRI for the quick response.

At 14:53 the CWR squad was activated after reports were received that a boat had flipped just off the Cape Recife lighthouse. The occupants abandoned the boat after a private vessel picked them up and took them to the Noordhoek Ski Boat Club. The NSRI took the stricken boat under tow.

At approximately 3pm on Sunday 26th July 2015 Coastal Water Rescue, SAPS, Police divers and Search & Rescue responded in a joint effort to rescue an 11 year old boy who had been swimming with 5 friends in the Swartkops River under the N2 Bridge and was presumed missing. Sadly After a short search the body of the 11 year old was recovered by the police diver. Credit goes to all Rescue units on scene for a well coordinated Rescue. Our condolences to the family for their loss.

At approximately 15h15, on Sunday 5th April 2015, Coastal Water Rescue responded to a search and Rescue which involved 7 hikers being caught and stranded in unfavourable weather conditions in the Groendal Nature Reserve, Uitenhage.

The Groendal reserve had become inaccessible by foot and utility vehicles due to flooding of rivers. On scene with CWR were SAPS / SAR, Metro EMS, Mountain club, Rangers and the Airforce. A well co-ordinated joint search and rescue was executed which ended in all 7 hikers being airlifted, by helicoptor, from the Groendal reserve and safely hoisted down to the assembly point.

The 7 hikers were taken by EMS Ambo 848 to an allocated venue in town. The hikers appeared in good spirits and all 7 indicated that they did not require medical care.

Well done CWR squad and all other emergency units for your commitment to the search and rescue.

At 18h17 on Saturday 24th January 2015, Coastal Water Rescue was alerted to a possible drowning at King's Beach Harbour wall. A female eye witness had reportedly noticed a kite surfer who the witness presumed may have been in trouble as he had fallen off his kite surfer.

The witness ran to the supertubes to alert the kings beach lifesavers who contacted Coastal Water Rescue, NSRI SAPS, Fire, Beach Office and EMS who all arrived promptly on scene. On arrival at the harbour wall members of all Rescue teams were informed that the kite surfer had apparently already left the water and returned home.

Thanks to all the rescue response teams for a quick response.