A 23-year-old man went missing at Camps Bay beach last Friday.
NSRI Bakoven Station 2, NSRI Table Bay Station 3, SA Police Services (SAPS), CoCT Law Enforcement, Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services, WC Government Health EMS and Netcare 911 ambulance services responded to a call from eyewitnesses.
Bevan Geyser, NSRI Bakoven deputy station commander, said Cape Town Helicopters dispatched four helicopters, at various stages during the afternoon, during routine flights, to assist, conducting five sweeping aerial sea searches.
Five NSRI rescue swimmers were deployed into the surf to free dive search.
Mr Geyser said the man is from Middleburg, Mpumalanga, believed to be born in Zimbabwe, and appeared to be part of a church group from Mpumalanga who were visiting the beach during a weekend church event in Green Point.
“Despite the extensive air, sea and shoreline search there remains no signs of the missing man. A Good Samaritan attempted to rescue the man who it appears had been caught in rip currents. The Good Samaritan, an adult male, was treated on the beach for non-fatal drowning symptoms and transported to hospital by EMS ambulance in a stable condition where he is recovering,” he said.
Camps Bay station commander, Captain Keith Chandler, confirmed that a case for a missing person, Answer Paul Garwe, was opened.
Police divers are in an ongoing search and at the time of going to print there were no further updates from the NSRI.
