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Know the risks:
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.
If you fall into water unexpectedly fight your instinct. Relax and float on your back. Float to live.
Latest Shouts in Porthcawl
Launch 99/26 – 📟 1.33pm
Porthcawl RNLI’s volunteer crew were paged by HM Coastguard to assist colleagues from Porthcawl Coastguard with a casualty care incident at Rest Bay. The casualty had a suspected broken hip. The charity's D Class Hugo Missen
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
Launch 96/26 – 📟 4.48pm
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