Hartbeespoort Marine Law Enforcement Unit
Keeping Hartbeespoort Dam safe, 24/7.
We protect lives, enforce safety and respond to emergencies on Harties. Maritime law enforcement and rescue on the dam, appointed by SAMSA.
Right now on the dam
Boats may be on the water from 05:00 to 20:00.
No boats on the water from 20:00 to 05:00: the rule from SAMSA and the Department of Water and Sanitation.
What we do on the water.
A non-profit company with a trained crew and a rescue boat, keeping Harties safe for everyone who uses it.
Enforce safety
Appointed by SAMSA, the South African Maritime Safety Authority, to check skippers, boats and landing sites, and to act when the rules are broken.
Respond to emergencies
A 24-hour emergency number, and a rescue boat on the water, working with SRU Maritime Search and Rescue, the NSRI and the police water wing.
Clear the danger
Joint operations against illegal fishing, and the removal of the dangerous fishing nets left in the dam.
Our water.
Hartbeespoort Dam, every arm of it, day and night. One emergency number covers all of it: 012 004 1888.
Before you launch.
Our officers check boats on the water. Tick off what you have on board.
Everything we checkTick what's on board. Have all three with you before you launch.
From the log.
Training, fundraising and call-outs: what the unit has been doing.
3 October 202620:00
Clube Naval, TYC
Burn a Boat: a real boat fire as a training simulation, after an aviation and SRU demonstration and a meet and greet.
Source: Our poster
2 October 202609:00
Sandy Lane Golf Course
Golf Day Fundraiser: a shotgun start, then prize-giving and an auction for the unit.
Source: Our poster
11 February 2025
Hartbeespoort Dam
Search for a boater who fell overboard, with the SAPS divers, NSRI Hartbeespoort Dam and SRU.
Source: NSRI
Help keep us on the water.
We're a non-profit company. Every fundraiser and every sponsor pays for:
- Boat repairs
- Maintenance
- Fuel
- PPE
- Removing dangerous fishing nets