Scuba divers rescued after drifting 18 nautical miles in heavy South Coast swells – News24

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The NSRI rescued four scuba divers off the KwaZulu-Natal coast. (@NSRI/X)

The NSRI rescued four scuba divers off the KwaZulu-Natal coast. (@NSRI/X)

Four scuba divers have been rescued off the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast after they went missing during a dive on Sunday.

The four – two local men and a father and daughter from Cape Town – drifted away from their charter boat amid large sea swells.

Gary Wolmerans, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Shelly Beach station commander, said the NSRI was alerted to the missing divers at around 10:30.

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