Shouts

Our volunteers were paged by UK Coastguard following a report they’d received from National Coastwatch Institution - Porthcawl. Porthcawl NCI had been monitoring two people on a kayak who were making very slow progress against the current off Ogmore Deeps. Once on scene we stood by and escorted the kayakers back to Ogmore Beach. Once the

Our volunteer crew were paged by UK Coastguard after National Coastwatch Institution - Porthcawl reported a kite surfer who appeared to be in difficulty off the end of Porthcawl Pier. He was attempting to swim and drag along his kite and board. Our volunteers launched the D Class lifeboat to assist the kite surfer. Upon arriving on

UK Coastguard paged our crew after a Stand Up Paddleboarder (SUP) contacted them to report he was in thick fog somewhere in proximity to Sker Point. He had set out earlier that day from Langland Bay on a charity paddle and weather had appeared good. He had no indication a thick fog may develop. He

UK Coastguard requested the launch of our lifeboats after they had received a call from a group of 7 teenagers who had found themselves caught out by the tide at the River Ogmore. They had crossed at low water but discovered they were unable to get across later when the tide had come in to

Whilst returning to station from an earlier callout the lifeboat was flagged down by a jet skier which reported it had seen two teenagers stuck on the Newton side of the Ogmore River and had been attempting to cross it. The jet skier had given the boys safety advice and told them to stay where they

UK Coastguard paged our volunteer crew following reports of persons cut off by the tide on the Witches Point side of Dunraven Bay. Llantwit Major Coastguard also attended the incident. Upon arriving on scene the crew found the people were climbers using ropes and were happy to stay in the location and wait for the tide

Whilst the crew were returning from an earlier callout they were tasked to a further incident at Newton Beach by UK Coastguard. A lady had swam after her dog which was swimming out to sea. A further person swam out after both the woman and dog. As the crew arrived on scene they found all were safely

UK Coastguard requested the launch of our D Class lifeboat after a dog fell over the cliffs between Monknash and Nash Point. Ellie the dog had been very lucky in that she landed on a large cliff fall, so only fell about 20 metres. She appeared to have sustained very minor injuries. Two of our

UK Coastguard requested the launch of our Atlantic 85 after reports of windsurfers in difficulty off Newton Point. As the lifeboat arrived on scene it found the windsurfers had made it onto the beach at Trecco Bay and required no further assistance. Porthcawl Coastguard were also paged and attended the incident. Once it was confirmed

Our volunteers were paged by UK Coastguard and launched our D Class lifeboat to assist a broken down jet ski approximately 200m offshore at Newton Beach. The jet ski had broken down with two people onboard. It was towed back to the slipway at Porthcawl Pier.