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Launch 96/26 – 📟 4.48pm

September 13th, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were paged by HM Coastguard following a Mayday call from a lone skipper who was onboard a former lifeboat off Llantwit Major beach. The skipper had seen a large amount of

Launch 95/26 – 📟 10.40am

September 6th, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were made aware that a person was stuck on boulders near the entrance to the marina with an incoming tide. The crew were already present at the station for Sunday morning

Launch 94/26 – 📟 2.32am

September 6th, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were tasked by HM Coastguard to assist with a multi-agency incident at Porthcawl seafront. The charity’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat Rose of the Shires was launched on service. With the incident resolved immediately

Launch 93/26 – 📟 7.14pm

September 3rd, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were tasked by HM Coastguard to assist with a multi-agency search at Ogmore by Sea. The charity’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat Rose of the Shires was launched on service to assist with the search.

Launch 92/26 – 📟 3.02pm

August 28th, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were paged by HM Coastguard following a 999 call from a lone sailor who was onboard a yacht in difficulty near Scarweather Sands. The yacht had run aground on a sandbank

Launch 90+91/26 – 📟 7.23pm

August 23rd, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI's volunteer crew were paged by HM Coastguard following a 999 call reporting a casualty with a suspected broken pelvis following a fall onto rocks in a remote part of the Vale of Glamorgan

Launch 49/26 – 📟 1.18pm

June 25th, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were paged by HM Coastguard to assist a female paddleboarder in difficulty off Ogmore by Sea. The charity's Atlantic 85 Rose of the Shires was launched on service and arrived on scene

Launch 89/26 – 📟 10.35am

August 15th, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI's volunteer crew were paged by HM Coastguard following a report a swimmer had been swept around the end of Porthcawl's breakwater in the strong tidal current on the outgoing tide. The Coastguard had

Launch 88/26 – 📟 6.32pm

August 14th, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were tasked by HM Coastguard whilst out on a training exercise following a concerned 999 call for a dinghy with two people onboard being blown out to sea from Newton beach.

Launch 87/26 – 📟 7.45pm

August 13th, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI's volunteer crew were paged by HM Coastguard following a report of three windsurfers struggling against a strong (spring) tidal current off Newton Point, Porthcawl. The lifeboat launched and made good speed to the

Launch 85+86/26 – 📟 7.42pm

August 12th, 2026

HM Coastguard tasked both the charity's inshore lifeboats to carry out a search for a paddleboarder reported to be in difficulties between Tusker Rock and Trecco Bay. Both Lifeboats carried out a search of the area

Launch 83+84/26 – 📟 6.58pm

August 12th, 2026

Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were tasked by HM Coastguard during a training exercise launch following 999 calls that people were in difficulty in the water at Ogmore. HM Coastguard had put out a “Mayday Relay”

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