The body of a man believed to be in his 30s washed up at Rocklands Beach in Sea Point earlier today (Thursday).
According to law enforcement officials at the scene, the man, a foreign national, drowned.
Wayne Dyason, law enforcement spokesperson, says the public alerted law enforcement officers of a body floating in the water.
“It looks like he drowned. No one saw him go in. No one came forward to say anyone was missing. No family members on the beach.”
An inquest docket will be investigated by Sea Point police.
The incident brings to three the number of drownings at Rocklands Beach this week.
On Monday 3 July, Munster Rugby coach Greig Oliver (58) died following a paragliding accident.
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A Sea Point mother was swept off the rocks on Tuesday 4 July.
Paula Leech, National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Table Bay duty controller, says: “It appears that the female was walking on rocks on the shoreline when it appeared that she may have been swept into the ocean by a wave.”
The 59-year-old mother died in hospital on Wednesday 5 July, with her family at her side.
The NSRI is appealing to the public to take heed of the full moon Spring tide that causes higher-than-normal high tides and lower-than-normal low tides.
Leech says: “During winter months storm sea conditions can increase shoreline risks during the full moon and new moon Spring tides. This full moon Spring will last into the next few days.”
