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 within 5 minutes of launching. When the crew arrived on scene they discovered that there was 8 paddleboards & 12 casualties in difficulty, all being blown out to sea. The helm requested the assistance of the charity’s D class.

The Atlantic 85 recovered 7 paddleboards & 9 casualties returning them all to the safety of Ogmore beach. When the D Class arrived on scene it recovered a further 3 casualties.

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📞 In a coastal emergency dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Coastguard.

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