{"id":294654,"date":"2025-11-17T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/?p=294654"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:52:14","slug":"search-continues-for-grassy-park-teen-swept-to-sea-at-noordhoek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/search-continues-for-grassy-park-teen-swept-to-sea-at-noordhoek\/","title":{"rendered":"Search continues for Grassy Park teen swept to sea at Noordhoek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CAPE TOWN-<\/strong>The search continues for a missing male teenager from Grassy Park who was swept out to sea at Noordhoek Beach on Sunday 16 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 16:00 on Sunday, the National Sea Rescue Institute\u2019s (NSRI) Hout Bay duty crew and the City of Cape Town water rescue network crew were activated following eyewitness reports of a teenager being swept out to sea at Noordhoek Beach, below Chapmans Peak Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"294655\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/search-continues-for-grassy-park-teen-swept-to-sea-at-noordhoek\/66b1f02664f44399beeeab344cd912dc-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/66b1f02664f44399beeeab344cd912dc.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"66b1f02664f44399beeeab344cd912dc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The search continues for a missing male teenager from Grassy Park who was swept out to sea at Noordhoek Beach on Sunday 16 November. Photo: supplied.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/66b1f02664f44399beeeab344cd912dc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/66b1f02664f44399beeeab344cd912dc.jpg\" alt=\"NSRI\" class=\"wp-image-294655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/66b1f02664f44399beeeab344cd912dc.jpg 600w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/66b1f02664f44399beeeab344cd912dc-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The search continues for a missing male teenager from Grassy Park who was swept out to sea at Noordhoek Beach on Sunday 16 November. Photo: supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe male teenager, believed to be aged 15, from Grassy Park, reportedly went into the surf in attempts to retrieve a ball that had been swept off the rocks when he may have been caught in rip currents and he was swept out to sea before disappearing,\u201d said NSRI Hout Bay station commander, Spencer Oldham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSRI rescue swimmers, Cape Medical Response (CMR), City Law Enforcement, City Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and the SA Police Services responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNSRI Hout Bay (at sea at the time conducting routine training) dispatched the NSRI rescue craft Nadine Gordimer and Albie Matthews and the NSRI Hout Bay rescue craft Spirit of Gabby was launched while the NSRI Hout Bay rescue vehicle responded,\u201d said Oldham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSRI Kommetjie were also alerted and launched the NSRI rescue craft Rescue 26 Alpha and the NSRI Kommetjie rescue vehicle responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNSRI Simon\u2019s Town dispatched NSRI crew and their NSRI rescue vehicle. 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