Coastal emergency: who to call?

MOSSEL BAY NEWS - In a sea rescue emergency, seconds mean the difference between life and death.

The NSRI urges people living along the coast or those visiting the coast to store the Sea Rescue Emergency phone number in their phones (specific to the area that they are living at or visiting).

These sea rescue emergency numbers are the quickest and most appropriate way to get hold of the correct sea rescue authorities and all of the correct sea rescue resources that are immediately.

The numbers for Mossel Bay Port Control (from Cape Agulhas to Seal Point) are 044 604 6271 or 10177 or 10111.

Other coastal numbers are:
Saldanha Bay Port Control (from the Orange River Mouth to Dassen Island ): 022 714 1726 or 10177 or 10111
Table Bay Port Control (from Dassen Island to Cape Agulhas): 021 449 3500 or 10177
Port Elizabeth Port Control (from Seal Point to The Great Fish River Mouth): 041 507 1911
East London Port Control (from The Great Fish River Mouth to Port St Johns): 043 700 2100
Durban Port Control (from Port St Johns to the Tugela River Mouth): 031 361 8567 or 10111
Richards Bay Port Control (from Tugela River Mouth to Ponta Do Ouro): 035 753 1991 or 035 905 3401 or 035 905 3444
For a color coded map guidance to these sea rescue emergency numbers go to www.nsri.org.za.

Information courtesy of NSRI Sea Rescue Communications.

- Mossel Bay Advertiser