{"id":295242,"date":"2025-11-27T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/?p=295242"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:30:09","slug":"police-divers-join-search-for-missing-teen-swept-to-sea-at-noordhoek-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/police-divers-join-search-for-missing-teen-swept-to-sea-at-noordhoek-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Police divers join search for missing teen swept to sea at Noordhoek Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CAPE TOWN &#8211;<\/strong> One week later search efforts are continuing for a missing male teenager from Grassy Park believed to have been swept out to sea at Noordhoek Beach on Sunday 16 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Wednesday 26 November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/about-government\/contact-directory\/departments\/south-african-police-service-saps\">police <\/a>divers were continuing their search efforts, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsri.org.za\/2025\/11\/extensive-search-continues-for-15-year-old-swept-out-to-sea-at-noordhoek-beach\/\">National Sea Rescue Institute<\/a> (NSRI) spokesperson Craig Lambinon. It&#8217;s been 12 days since the teenager was last seen in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said the matter is still under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"295256\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/police-divers-join-search-for-missing-teen-swept-to-sea-at-noordhoek-beach\/stn8-hout-bay_82c5f5175a2e55ca0a26bbe33e7c08fd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stn8-Hout-Bay_82c5f5175a2e55ca0a26bbe33e7c08fd.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=\"stn8-Hout-Bay_82c5f5175a2e55ca0a26bbe33e7c08fd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Police divers are searching for a missing teenager who was swept to sea at Noordhoek Beach. Photo: supplied.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stn8-Hout-Bay_82c5f5175a2e55ca0a26bbe33e7c08fd.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stn8-Hout-Bay_82c5f5175a2e55ca0a26bbe33e7c08fd.jpg\" alt=\"NSRI\" class=\"wp-image-295256\" style=\"width:768px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stn8-Hout-Bay_82c5f5175a2e55ca0a26bbe33e7c08fd.jpg 600w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stn8-Hout-Bay_82c5f5175a2e55ca0a26bbe33e7c08fd-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Police divers are searching for a missing teenager from Grassy Park who was swept to sea at Noordhoek Beach. Photo: supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The search continues. There are no new developments to report at this stage,&#8221; said van Wyk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/search-continues-for-grassy-park-teen-swept-to-sea-at-noordhoek\/\">Search continues for Grassy Park teen swept to sea at Noordhoek<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSRI could not say which parts of the sea divers were conducting their search nor would they give any further details when <em>People&#8217;s Post<\/em> enquired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That Sunday, at 16:00 on the 16th NSRI Hout Bay duty crew and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/\">City <\/a>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<p>\u201cThe male teenager, believed to be aged 15, from Grassy Park, reportedly went into the surf in an attempt to retrieve a ball that had fallen from the rocks and may have got caught in rip 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