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Current temperature
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Adjusted for British Summer Time when applicable
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 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
Launch 41+42/20 – 📟 6.55pm
Our volunteer crew were tasked by UK Coastguard immediately after the previous call to conduct a search as part of a multi-agency incident in the area of Sandy Bay. Both lifeboats conducted a search of