The NSRI and emergency services are urging the people to exercise caution along the coast, as storm seas, combined with the new moon Spring tide, which peaks on Tuesday, will contribute to dangerous sea conditions around the South African coastline.
and emergency services are urging the people to exercise caution along the coast, as storm seas, combined with the new moon Spring tide, which peaks on Tuesday, will contribute to dangerous sea conditions around the South African coastline,These included a high-angle technical rescue effort to save a guy injured in a fall at Geirings Point.
‘NSRI crew and paramedics reached the 30 year old male casualty where medical treatment was initiated,’ said Willem de Bruyn, NSRI Hermanus station commander.Secured into a Stokes basket stretcher, using Fire and Rescue Services and EMS rescue squad ladders, and rope technical high angle systems, the man, in a serious condition, was hoisted up the cliff in a coordinated rescue operation led by rescue paramedics.
On Saturday, NSRIO Hout Bay duty controllers were alerted by a Llandudno Lifesaving Club lifeguard who was witnessing a SUP paddler appearing to be in difficulty offshore of Chapmans Peak. ‘With eyewitness reports being received that indicated the paddler was now falling off his board and appeared to be in increasing distress our NSRI Hout Bay duty crew were activated to respond to our NSRI Hout Bay station 8 rescue base where the NSRI rescue craft Albie Matthews was launched,’ Spencer Oldham, NSRI Hout Bay station commander, said.
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