19-year-old male drowns in Jeffreys Bay

The National Sea Rescue Institute, (NSRI) has retrieved the body of a 19-year-old male who drowned at Kabeljous River Mouth in Jeffreys Bay yesterday.

It is alleged that he and another youth were wading in the surf during an incoming tide when they were caught in a rip current and swept out to sea.

One was rescued by a fisherman while the other drowned.

NSRI Spokesperson Craig Lambinon, says, “A search was launched for the second teenager, a local male aged 19, who was missing in the surf zone. During the search, the teenager was spotted in the water where NSRI rescue swimmers were deployed into the water to free swim towards the teenager and an NSRI rescue swimmer was deployed from an NSRI rescue craft. Together, the rescue swimmers recovered the teenager, who was unresponsive, to shore where he was sadly declared deceased by paramedics and a doctor.”