RESPECT THE WATER
IF YOU FALL INTO WATER UNEXPECTEDLY FIGHT YOUR INSTINCT. RELAX AND FLOAT ON YOUR BACK. FLOAT TO LIVE.
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE IN TROUBLE AT THE COAST, CALL 999 OR 112 AND ASK FOR THE COASTGUARD.
Around 190 people die each year at the UK and Irish Coasts.
We want to change this
Porthcawl RNLI wish to thank Porthcawl Christmas Morning Swim for the generous donation from the 2015 ‘Swim’ which has sponsored this website and webcam
Philip Missen MBE | Lifeboat Operations Manager
Latest Shouts
Launch 1+2/21 – 📟 4.16pm
UK Coastguard paged our volunteer crew following a report that there were people possibly cut off by the tide at Witches Point, Southerndown. Both the charity's D Class and Atlantic 85 lifeboats were launched on
Launch 45/20 – 📟 4.12pm
UK Coastguard tasked our volunteer crew to search for an overdue kayaker following concerns for their safety. The kayaker had been due to paddle the coastline between Ogmore By Sea and Dunraven Bay but hadn’t
Launch 44/20 – 📟 11.25am
Porthcawl's volunteer RNLI crew were diverted from a training exercise by UK Coastguard and asked to attend Rest Bay to a report of surfers being swept around the point. As the lifeboat arrived on scene
Launch 43/20 – 📟 1.11pm
Porthcawl's volunteer RNLI crew were tasked by UK Coastguard following a report which had been received from Porthcawl NCI of a windsurfer who appeared to be in difficulties off Newton Point. The charity’s Atlantic 85
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All the Latest News
With great sadness we learn of the loss of station friend and visits volunteer, Peter Furlong
It is of great sadness to learn that Porthcawl RNLI have lost a long term friend and indeed in recent years,
RNLI renewed safety call for families using the Welsh coast for exercise
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is urging anyone lucky enough to live within walking distance of the coast during lockdown
Porthcawl RNLI releases video of 2020
Porthcawl RNLI have released a short video of helmet camera footage captured during 2020. 2020 was a very difficult year for
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The temperature of our waters can steal the air from your lungs and leave you helpless in seconds.
Around half the people who drown slip, trip or fall into the water. They don’t expect to get wet.
