Eight-Year-Old Boy Dies After Drowning at Camps Bay Tidal Pool

Camps Bay tragedy: 8 Year-old drowns on last day of school holiday

An 8-year-old boy tragically drowned on the last day of the school holidays during a swim at the Camps Bay tidal pool in Cape Town.

Eight-year-old boy dies after drowning at Camps Bay tidal pool

An afternoon at the Camps Bay tidal pool ended in tragedy on Monday, 5 October, when an eight-year-old boy died after being found unresponsive in the water, Cape {town} Etc reports. The child, who is believed to have come from a Somali family residing in Cape Town, was reportedly enjoying a day out with relatives when the tragic event occurred.... Read more →

Camps Bay Drowning Tragedy: 8-Year-Old Boy Dies as Three Teens Remain Missing at Sea

An eight-year-old boy has died after drowning at Camps Bay in Cape Town, with the tragedy occurring on Monday, 5 October, as families marked the final day of the third-term school holidays. The incident adds to a series of recent drowning emergencies along South Africa’s coastline, with rescue teams also searching for three teenage boys […]

Eight year old boy drowns in Camps Bay Tidal Pool

  An 8-year-old boy has drowned in the Camps Bay Tidal Pool. The boy was playing in the tidal pool on Monday evening, 5 October, when he was discovered unresponsive in the water.   He had been visiting Camps Bay with his family. The family are believed to be from Somalia, but reside in Cape Town.   The NSRI says they were alerted to a drowning in progress at 17h41.   NSRI Bakoven crew and […]