The Weather Service and NSRI has issued a warning for beachgoers to exercise extreme caution on the Cape coast on Thursday.
Sara Jane Smith, the National Sea Rescue Institute's St Francis Bay station commander, said their duty crew were alerted to a surfer in difficulty at 4.20pm on Wednesday.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was attempted with the help of a private doctor, who was on the beach too. The NSRI duty doctor and its medics, as well as lifeguards and paramedics, also offered aid. Effective between 6am and 10pm, the Weather Service said: “Gale force westerly to southwesterly winds are expected along the coast between Hermanus and Mossel Bay today.”
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