Notices
On 16 Apr 2022 the CWR squad was activated at 06:58 following reports that a boat had capsized in the Swartkops River Mouth.
The BWBLSC launched their rescue duck with two members and found the skipper was in the surf on the southern side of the river mouth, and assisted him to shore.
NSRI launched from the harbour to assist with the search, and brought the casualty back the the scene on the northern side of the river where CWR members assisted to warm him up, after which he was handed to Gardmed for further treatment.
On 03 Mar 2022 at 09:03 the CWR squad was activated after reports of a suicidal person threatening to jump off the pier. En route to the scene further information was received that the lifeguards is managing the situation and the squad was stood down.
On Sunday 27 Feb 2022 at 21:50 the CWR squad was activated to assist with a motor vehicle accident where the vehicle left the road and landed in the ocean at Brighton Beach.
On arrival, it was found that the vehicle was still in the water, and CWR squad members assisted to ensure there were no entrapments. The vehicle was empty at that time and the squad was stood down.
On 27 Feb 2022 at 18:35 the CWR squad was activated after reports of a drowning in progress, information was received that two people had jumped off the pier and were in the water.
On arrival, it was found that a bystander noticed the commotion, and happened to be a veteran lifeguard. He immediately sprang into action and swam out to the one casualty which at the time was about 100m from the beach in very choppy conditions. He retrieved him while starting CPR in the water. Once back on the beach did he continue with the CPR and asked bystanders to call for help.
When the first CWR members arrived they immediately went to the scene and assisted in rotation with the CPR while the medics attended to the casualty, who was unfortunately declared deceased on the scene.
Services on Scene: Coastal Water Rescue, SAPS, EMS, Beach Office
The CWR squad was activated at 18:12 on Tuesday 1 Feb 2022 following reports of a drowning in progress at Hobie Beach, after swimmers jumped from the pier and were in trouble.
It was established the two friends had jumped from the pier, the one managed to get out of the water, but the other was in trouble in the water, and he was retrieved by a bystander.
When the CWR squad members arrived CPR was already in progress, and a stand down was issued to the squad.
The CWR squad was activated at 11:19 on Saturday 22 Jan for drowning in progress on a farm in the Rocklands area. At the time of the activation, the exact location was not known, and the instructions were issued to move towards Rocklands and wait for the location.
En route to the general area further information was received that the SAPS recovered the casualty and that EMS was in attendance, and the squad was issued a stand-down notice.
On Saturday 15 Jan 2022 members of Coastal Water Rescue was despatched back to Smelly Creek to assist the SAPS with the recovery of the drowning victim of the previous weekend. This is not typically within the mandate of Coastal Water Rescue, but during that time the SAPS divers were deployed in the East London area for flooding assistance.
The body of the drowning victim was recovered by CWR members and the SAPS and handed over.
The CWR squad was activated at 16:54 today following reports of a drowning in progress/missing teenager at Wells Estate. On arrival, it was established that a group of friends were swimming at Wells Estate, but one in the group got into trouble in the rip current.
The squad did an initial shore search, followed by a water search, which had to be called off due to very fast-flowing currents which made the task very difficult, unfortunately without any success.
Sea Rescue Port Elizabeth launched their rescue craft Rescue 6B and assisted with search patterns in deeper areas.
Services on Scene: CWR, Beach Office, NSRI, SAPS Dive Unit, EMS, Fire, BWBLSC
