26/09/2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NSRI – STATION 11, PORT ALFRED
NSRI – KENTON-ON-SEA – Saturday, 26 September. A man is deceased:
Aiden Wood, NSRI Port Alfred coxswain, said:
At 10h04, Friday, 25 September, NSRI Port Alfred duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of a drowning in progress at Kenton-On-Sea middle beach.
NSRI rescue swimmers from our NSRI Port Alfred station 11 rescue base and from our NSRI auxiliary satellite station, at Kenton-On-Sea, our NSRI rescue vehicle, the SA Police Service, Gardmed ambulance service, Hitech Security and Coastal Kindness members responded.
While responding to the scene it was reported that a male had been rescued from the surf zone to the beach, by 3 Good Samaritans, where bystander CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) efforts were in progress.
On arrival on the scene we found CPR in progress with an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) in use at a male patient, age 32, from Cape Town.
Paramedics and NSRI crew continued with advanced life support CPR but after all efforts to resuscitate the man were exhausted sadly the man was declared deceased.
The body of the man has been taken into the care of Police and Government Health Forensic Pathology Services.
Police have opened an Inquest docket.
According to reports the man was body boarding when he appeared to get into difficulties. The alarm was raised by eyewitnesses while 3 Good Samaritans, 2 males and a female, using 2 NSRI pink rescue buoys, were able to rescue the man from the water and bystander CPR was commenced on the beach.
Condolences are conveyed to family of the deceased man.
-ENDS-
NSRI EMERGENCY: 087 094 9774
RELEASED BY
Craig Lambinon
NSRI COMMUNICATIONS
Email: [email protected] | Cell: +27 (0) 82 380 3800 |
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