A UK tourist’s life was saved by a courageous lifeguard after a harrowing 45-minute struggle in a rip current at Wilderness ...

Jaco du Plessis, a 20-year-old student from Cape Town, is celebrated for his bravery after saving a woman from perilous rip ...

To ensure your safety while enjoying coastal activities, the NSRI recommends the following precautions: • Swim at lifeguard-protected beaches: To avoid rip currents, swim between lifeguard flags.

Rip currents are powerful channels of water that flow away from shore, often causing life-threatening conditions for swimmers ...

Fluorecein dye highlights a rip current at Dappat se Gat in False Bay. PHOTO NSRI Do not become a rip current casualty. Swim at lifeguarded beaches. On average, 56 people drown because of rip ...

Three minutes was all it took to save three teenagers from drowning after they were rescued from a rip current at Strand Beach on Friday. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said they were ...

Cape Town - Two Good Samaratin surfers have helped to save a Gauteng family of three swept out to sea in a rip current in Stilbaai. National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) station commander, ...

The 16-year-old was on holiday with family and friends, when he appeared to be in distress after being caught in a rip current ... in the current. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), law ...

The cancelation of the 37th annual Lobster Dip on New Year's Day was an unfortunate reminder that rip currents aren't just a threat in summer. With 450 people slated to run into the ocean on New ...

On Sunday at 1:32 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a rip current statement in effect until 9 p.m. "Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water ...

CAPE TOWN - The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is warning beachgoers of a new moon tide, which it says will impact ocean tides. It said rip currents would be stronger and water levels would ...

The National Weather Service issued a rip current statement at 2:09 a.m. on Wednesday in effect until Thursday at 5 a.m. The NWS says to anticipate, "Dangerous rip currents." "Rip currents can ...