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RescueFest returns on Saturday 21 June 2025
RescueFest returns to Porthcawl on Saturday 21 June 2025. RescueFest is a FREE family friendly event organised by Porthcawl RNLI, which is one of the busiest RNLI lifeboat stations in Wales. This year the event
Marathon Lifeboatman saves lives
Two weeks to the day after completing the London Marathon in 4:25:04 Porthcawl RNLI volunteer helm Nathan Evans (Nevs) was involved in saving the lives of two people cut off by the tide trapped beneath
Porthcawl RNLI lifeboat volunteer to run the London marathon
Porthcawl RNLI volunteer helm, Nathan Evans is running this year’s London marathon on Sunday 27 April having secured a ballot place. Nathan has chosen to use the opportunity to run the marathon to raise vital
Watch: Porthcawl RNLI rescue dog in difficulty in the water
Watch the moment Porthcawl RNLI rescue 3-year-old golden retriever Seren off Newton Beach, in the volunteer lifeboat crew’s first rescue of the year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7grRWWqZsY It was on Saturday afternoon (1 February) when rescue dog
Porthcawl RNLI bids farewell to volunteer Ruth Birch
After eight years of dedicated volunteering at Porthcawl RNLI lifeboat station, Ruth is handing back her yellow wellies as she fulfils her lifelong dream with a move to Perranporth in Cornwall. Ruth began volunteering at
Porthcawl and Barry Dock RNLI involved in joint rescue of yacht
Barry Dock RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat (ALB) and Porthcawl RNLI's Atlantic 85 lifeboat launched yesterday to assist a 27ft yacht struggling in rough sea conditions, with a sea-sick crew member onboard. Barry Dock RNLI's ALB was
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Launch 98/26 – 📟 5.52pm
Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were paged by HM Coastguard after St Donat's NCI raised concerns for a yacht anchored close to rocks at Llanwit Major beach. With an incoming tide it was at risk of
Launch 97/26 – 📟 9.49pm
Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were tasked by HM Coastguard to rescue a person in the water at Sandy Bay during the town's annual Elvis festival. The charity’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat Rose of the Shires was launched
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