At least eight people have been rescued in separate incidents by the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) since the start of the long weekend in the Western Cape.
NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon said on Sunday multiple incidents on the coast and inland waterways highlighted an urgent appeal by the organisation, police and law enforcement agencies, lifeguards and emergency services to bathers, boaters, paddlers, sailors and fishermen to keep safety top of mind in and around water.“Two NSRI Gordons Bay rescue craft arrived on the scene three minutes after the alarm was raised finding one person clinging to the upturned hull and two people in the water.
On Saturday three people were rescued after NSRI coast watchers in Sea Point raised the alarm after earlier warning that stand-up paddle boarders 100m offshore at Rocklands Beach could be swept out to sea as wind speeds picked up suddenly.
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