Tenby RNLI responds to two callouts in one night

Reports of someone being injured after jumping from the old lifeboat station in Tenby, may have been a hoax, Tenby RNLI has stated.

There were two shouts for Tenby RNLI lifeboat volunteers on Friday, August 28.

The first callout was for the inshore lifeboat shortly after 8pm, following a report to the Coastguard that a person may have been injured after jumping into the water from the old lifeboat station.

The inshore lifeboat was on scene within a minute, but there was no obvious sign of anyone requiring assistance. The crew spoke with police officers who were on the pier assisting with the search.

Following their initial enquiries, the police believed the report may have been a hoax and that nobody was actually injured. With nobody needing help, the lifeboat was then stood down to return to station.

There have been concerns raised all summer long and over the past few years, of ‘tombstoning’ in Tenby leading to a serious incident, with youths jumping from high buildings around the harbour structures into the sea, which remains a dangerous and ongoing concern for local authorities, such as the police, RNLI, and emergency services.

The second shout of the evening came shortly after 10.20pm, when both lifeboats were requested to launch and head towards Pendine following a report to the Coastguard that a person may have been in difficulty in the Morfa Bychan area.

Once on scene, the inshore lifeboat was tasked with searching inshore from Marros to Morfa Bychan, while the all-weather lifeboat was tasked with searching from Morfa Bychan to Gilman Point.

A short time later, it was confirmed that the person had been found safe and well a little way in land, so the lifeboats were stood down and returned to station, arriving just after 11.30pm.