Large object washed up on beach

Rieghard Janse van Rensburg, NSRI Jeffrey’s Bay station commander, said:

“On Tuesday 17th July, at 09h15 NSRI Jeffrey’s Bay duty crew were called out following reports from the St Francis Penguin Rescue of a whale stranded that had washed up on the beach between the Kabeljous Beach and the Gamtoos River Mouth.

“Our Jeffrey’s Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew responded aboard our Discovery rescue quad bike and on arrival found an unidentified large cylindrical shaped object about 6 meters long and 2 meters in diameter. Admittedly, from a distance it did look like a whale.

“Maritime authorities, local police and the Municipal Disaster Management have been informed and they will inspect and identify what the container is and evaluate what risk it poses and assess how to dispose or recover the object.”

- NSRI