As heavy rainfall and icy temperatures rip through the Cape, the National Sea Rescue Institute NSRI has issued a safety warning urging the public to exercise caution and steer clear of the Western Cape coastlines, reports Cape town Etc .
NSRI, police and the emergency services are appealing to the maritime community, shoreline anglers, paddlers, sailors and coastal walkers/hikers to to be cautious during the cold front currently being experienced around the South Western Cape coastline on Wednesday and spreading to the Southern Cape and East Coast in places, said NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon.
The South African Weather Service SAWS has issued alerts forecasting high winds and heavy sea conditions, with waves of four to six metres. Rough sea conditions are also being experienced.
Lambinon also urged the public not to venture down to the coastline or launch to go to sea unless absolutely necessary, and for commercial seafarers, sailors and fishermen already at sea to wear a life jacket and exercise extreme caution during this time.
The cold front made landfall on Wednesday, 25 June, and is expected to be accompanied by very cold, wet and windy conditions until Friday, 27 June. As a result, SAWS issued the following weather warnings: