The man is believed to be a Zimbabwean national who was travelling with a church group visiting the beach during a weekend church event in Green Point.

The spokesperson of the National Sea Rescue Institute, Craig Lambinon, said, “A Samaritan attempted to rescue the man, who appeared to be caught in a rip current.”

On Tuesday morning, he told the Middelburg Observer that efforts by sea divers to find the man are still underway.

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Zimbabwean member of Middelburg church group reportedly missing in Camps Bay waters