Tenby RNLI experienced one of its busiest days ever - with the lifeboat crew responding to eights shouts in the space of just six hours!

The first shout of the day on Wednesday, August 14 came just after 1pm, when the Haydn Miller all-weather lifieboat was tasked to assist two paddle boarders in difficulty off Stackpole Head.

As the volunteer crew were making their way to the area, a passing vessel responded to the coastguard’s broadcast and picked all persons up and conveyed them back to Stackpole Quay.

Half an hour later, a swimmer was reported to be in difficulty off Broadhaven South, but news came through that they had made it ashore unaided.

The third shout came less than an hour later when the coastguard received a report of three persons having been washed off the rocks at Manorbier, but the swimmers made it to shore and were no longer in need of assistance.

45 minutes later and again at Manorbier reports came in that several swimmers were caught in a rip, but luckily surfers managed to rescue the swimmers and return them to the beach.

Call number five and the first for the inshore lifeboat, came just after 4pm, when the crew were tasked to search for a missing five-year-old child last seen in the water off the Castle Beach. Thankfully, the child was located safe and well.

The inshore lifeboat then responded to reports of a person in difficulty off St Catherine’s Island, but again they made it ashore safely.

At 6.05pm the, all-weather lifeboat was tasked to provide casualty care to an injured person on Manorbier beach.

The final call of the day came minutes later when the all-weather lifeboat was tasked to assist Angle RNLI, Coastguard rescue helicopter 187 and Tenby, St Govans and Dale coastguard rescue teams in a search for a Personal Locater Beacon which was thought to have been activated somewhere in the Milford Haven area.

Helicopter 187 soon located the upturned hull of a vessel, with three persons in the water close by.

Tenby’s crew made best speed to the position and immediately put two crew members in the water to assist with the extraction of the casualties onto the lifeboat.

Following a medical assessment, one of the casualties was airlifted to hospital, whilst the other two remained on the lifeboat, where they were warmed up and returned to Milford Haven and met by paramedics.