Coxswain raises alarm
The coxswain aboard Caldey Abbey 2 raised the alarm shortly before 3 pm on Tuesday afternoon when a dinghy was spotted blowing out to sea from South Beach, Tenby. The resort's ILB immediately launched and proceeded to the scene to locate the dinghy. However, it had been picked up by a passing fishing boat and it was reported that there had been no one aboard when it left the beach, so the ILB returned to station. This incident was just one of a number of similar incidents on Wednesday and members of the public are advised to be wary of the dangers of using inflatables when there are offshore winds.
Sheep rescued
A sheep which became cut-off by the tide at Frank Shore, near Proud Giltar, on Wednesday, was rescued by Tenby's inshore lifeboat crew and reunited with its owner at Lydstep. Tenby's coastguard unit were also called to the incident and stood by while the ILB crew searched for the animal.
Missing child
A three-year-old girl went missing just five minutes after arriving at Tenby's South Beach on Wednesday afternoon. Coastguards from the resort, along with the ILB crew, were tasked to search for the toddler, who disappeared just after 2 pm. Lifeguards on duty on the beach also searched the water's edge. After 45 minutes, the search was called off when the girl was found safe and well by a lifeguard threequarters of the way along the beach. She was then happily reunited with her dad.
Skim board takes another casualty
A teenager injured his ankle whilst skimboarding off Saundersfoot last week. At 4.25 pm last Tuesday, the 16-year-old boy from Cardiff, on holiday at a local camp site, fell off the skimboard at Monkstone Beach. Tenby coastguard rescue team and the resort's RNLI inshore lifeboat attended the scene and gave assistance to the casualty before he was taken by land ambulance to Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest, for treatment.
Kayak and dinghy capsize
Tenby's Tamar Class lifeboat, the Haydn Miller, was launched shortly before 5 pm last Thursday after the coastguard received numerous reports of a dinghy and a kayak which had capsized in the Freshwater East area with persons in trouble in the water. As the lifeboat arrived, a speedboat had picked up the casualties and kayak from the water and was transporting them to the safety of the shore. The lifeboat recovered the dinghy and brought it closer to the shore and made sure all the casualties were safe.
Airlifted to hospital
A 37-year-old holidaymaker was airlifted to hospital on Saturday after suffering a dislocated shoulder whilst body-boarding at Manorbier Beach. Local coastguards went to the aid of the man from Neath at approximately 4.45 pm. A land ambulance also attended the scene, along with the Wales Air Ambulance, which airlifted him to Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest.