Port Alfred’s beachfront offering received a boost on Friday December 12, with the official launch of the third Ocean Bliss Café kiosk at Kelly’s Beach, a project aimed at enhancing the visitor experience, safety and year-round use of the…
What could have been a Christmas Day beach drowning tragedy in Port Alfred was averted thanks to quick action by beachgoers and a NSRI pink rescue buoy. By responding immediately, two Durban visitors saved a man from being washed out to…
Port Alfred’s Kelly’s Beach took centre stage when it was awarded Blue Flag status for the 20th year at the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa) national Blue Flag & Green Coast awards hosted by Ndlambe Municipality at…
Port Alfred’s Royal Alfred Marina and Kelly’s Beach are benchmarks when it comes to what is required to attain Blue Flag status says a senior manager at the Wildlife & Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa) organisation in Gqeberha.…
A teenager caught in a rip current at Kelly’s Beach in Port Alfred reached the shore safely thanks to her brother, a bystander and the NSRI Pink Buoys. This was one of multiple incidents along the coastline and inland during the pst few…
A young Port Alfred surfer’s beach cleanup initiative is helping to create awareness around the benefits of keeping beaches clean and the risks disposed plastics pose to ocean life. Bekie Downey who surfs out of the Kowie Boardriders club…
Bay businessman swims out alone to rescue dad, three kids in difficulty at Kelly’s Beach By Faith Mtwana A well-known Eastern Cape businessman has been hailed a hero after saving a family of four from drowning at Kelly’s Beach in Port…
It’s rare that I am able to commend the municipality for something, but this week I want to give a special tip of the hat to community protection services deputy director Fanie Fouche. Yet more evidence that our public drinking problem is…
A visitor to Kelly’s Beach took issue with the posted water temperature of 12.7 degrees Celsius on Monday, saying it could not be that low. Peter Howard first contacted Talk of the Town by phone, then e-mailed a photo of the signboard on…
The annual Boxing Day sandcastle competition on Kelly’s Blue Flag Beach attracted fewer entrants last year, but families still had a ton of fun. Most participants made great use of the plentiful seaweed on the beach. The event is…
The nights are getting longer and colder as autumn slowly turns into winter, but the Eastern Cape still enjoys some great weather. Here we see locals and visitors at Kelly’s Beach in Port Alfred recently, soaking up the rays.
Hamburg beach in Amathole, as well as Kariega and Kelly’s beaches in Ndlambe, have been granted full Blue Flag status by the Wildlife and Environment Society of SA (Wessa), which oversees the Blue Flag programme in the country. The status…
Beach cleanups are important and, in our stretch of the Eastern Cape coastline volunteers regularly get down to the beaches to ensure that the beaches are not just clean but also free of glass and other debris that might spoil the…
NSRI Port Alfred crews responded to two serious incident on Saturday. The incidents occurred as follows: Gerrit Cloete, NSRI Station 11, Port Alfred duty coxswain, said: At 07h59, Saturday, 22 August, I activated our NSRI Port Alfred duty…
Taking advantage of the sunny weather, some surfers took to the waves at Kelly’s Beach today. Other beach-lovers watched from the parking lot, but at least one person was also enjoying being on the beach with their dog.
