Shouts

D Class lifeboat launched to conduct a search of Porthcawl seafront for a missing despondent female. The police located the persons mobile phone as being in the esplanade area. A foreshore search was conducted along with Porthcawl and Port Talbot Coastguard Teams. After searching for around 20 minutes all search units were stood down when

UK Coastguard requested the launch of our D Class lifeboat following a report of 10 persons cut off by the tide on a bank of the Ogmore River near the sewage works. Our volunteer crew were quickly on scene finding the group stuck on a bank the Porthcawl side of the river. The initial plan

Our D Class was launched following concerns by lifeguards at Sandy Bay for a kite surfer. The lifeguards no longer had visual and he had been out of sight for some time. Porthcawl NCI also confirmed to UK Coastguard that they had no visual of the kite surfer. Shortly after the D Class launched the

Our volunteers launched both lifeboats to provide casualty care and assist our colleagues from Porthcawl Coastguard team with a casualty at Sker Point. The casualty had fallen and sustained head injuries. Our volunteers provided casualty care and assisted with the extraction of the casualty to hospital.

Our crew onboard the Atlantic 85 lifeboat were diverted from their training exercise yesterday evening and tasked by UK Coastguard to conduct a search of the area between Sker Point and the long arm at Port Talbot Deep Water Harbour. A member of the public had reported seeing a paraglider which was possibly in distress

Our volunteers were paged by UK Coastguard following concerns for an elderly gentlemen with dementia reported missing from Trecco Bay Caravan Park. We were stood down before launching as the person was located safe and well.

UK Coastguard requested the launch of our Atlantic 85 following a report of a kite surfer in difficulty at Trecco Bay. The Porthcawl Coastguard team attended the incident and were unable to locate the kite surfer. Our volunteers were requested to conduct a search of the area in order to locate the kite surfer. Following

Our volunteers launched the Atlantic 85 on service following reports of surfers in difficulties caught in a rip current at Rest Bay. Once on scene the surfers were located on the shore who had made there way out onto rocks. The lifeboat checked the area for any further persons in difficulty. Once satisfied that there

Our Atlantic 85 was diverted from training exercise by UK Coastguard to reports of a windsurfer in difficulty 0.5 miles South of Newton Point. The casualty was recovered onto the lifeboat and returned to Newton slipway. Whilst the Atlantic 85 (Porthcawl Lifeboat) was dealing with the first incident a second windsurfer was spotted nearby in

Our volunteers launched the Atlantic 85 on service following a report to UK Coastguard of a kite surfer in difficulties off Rest Bay. Our colleagues from Porthcawl Coastguard were also tasked to the incident and monitored the situation from the land. The Atlantic 85 lifeboat was on scene within minutes of launching to find the casualty