Tenby’s RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched at 7.45 am on Saturday (September 7), after the coastguard received a call from a fisherman on the rocks at Giltar reporting that he’d cut his hand and required assistance.

The volunteer crew were soon on scene at Giltar Point and quickly spotted the casualty waving to them from the rocks.

The crew assessed the fisherman and found that he’d suffered just a minor laceration to his thumb.

Due to the injury, he felt he was unable to climb back to the top of the cliff, so he requested to be taken to Penally end of South Beach, where he could walk back to his car.

After assisting the fisherman ashore, where he was met by members of Tenby Coastguard Rescue Team, who then transported the casualty off the beach.

Tenby’s RNLI inshore lifeboat was requested to launch for the second time on Saturday morning, this time at 11.40 am after the RNLI beach Lifeguards on South Beach raised concerns for a kayaker that had left the beach on an inflatable kayak and seemed to be heading for Caldey Island.

The lifeboat was quickly on the water and with the assistance of the lifeguards, found the kayaker over a mile offshore and still heading towards Caldey.

After a brief safety chat with the occupant about the dangers of using inflatable craft in offshore winds, the volunteer crew managed to persuade him that it would be wise to head back to shore.

The lifeboat then returned him to the South beach, where he was met by members of Tenby’s Coastguard Rescue Team and was given safety advice by the coastguard officers.