A man from Paarl drowned after he was swept off rocks at Rooi Els near Gordon's Bay in False Bay on Saturday morning, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said.
NSRI Gordons Bay and NSRI Kleinmond were activated at 11.43am on Saturday morning following reports of a drowning in progress at Rooi Els, NSRI Gordons Bay station commander Alan Meiklejohn said.
On arrival on the scene, an adult man could be seen in the surf. He was taken on board a sea rescue craft where cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) efforts were commenced by NSRI medics.
On arrival at the NSRI base, paramedics continued with extensive CPR efforts, but after all efforts to resuscitate the man were exhausted he was declared dead.
The man and two friends were fishing from the rocks on the shoreline when waves swept over them. The two friends were able to brace themselves, preventing them from being swept off the rocks, but the Paarl man, aged about 45, was swept off the rocks and swept out to sea.
Police had opened an inquest docket,
- African News Agency
