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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 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
Launch 40/20 – 📟 6.38pm
Porthcawl's volunteer crew were tasked by UK Coastguard to assist two surfers who had been swept onto rocks close to the marina entrance. The charity's D class lifeboat was launched and both casualties were recovered