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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 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
Launch 95/26 – 📟 10.40am
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
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
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.