NSRI museum

The story of Knysna is the story of the sea – and the sea is a dangerous place.  However, it is a little less dangerous thanks to the volunteers who run the National Sea Rescue Institute’s Knysna Station 12.

Established in 1969, NSRI Station 12 Knysna is a service organization. It serves the area from Gericke’s Point to the west of Sedgefield to Harkerville between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay.  The NSRI helps everyone in trouble at sea and in the Knysna estuary from ships and pleasure craft,  to people and animals. Stories are told of brave rescue missions such as the time people and animals in Brenton and Belvidere were cut off from road access during the devastating wildfires of June 2017. They were evacuated by boat across the Lagoon.

Being a volunteer organization, NSRI Station 12 relies solely on the generosity of individuals and corporates for funding.

Long street Knysna. Drive south towards the lagoon, the museum is at the traffic circle

Latitude, longitude –34.048838, 23.047295