Lifeguard unit: Porthcothan
Main Contact Details
Area support centre
Tel:01208 815465
Headquarters
Tel: 01202 663553
email:
lifeguards@rnli.org.uk
Beach Information
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About this beach
Porthcothan is a long, sandy cove surrounded by cliffs and backed by sand dunes. At low tide the beach opens out, connecting up with small coves, and at high tide the beach becomes very sheltered from swell and winds due to the cliffs. A popular beach with families. Facilities are at hand and access is good from a beach level road and car park behind the beach.
Lifeguard season dates
19 May - 23 September
Lifeguard patrols extended into Winter
02/10/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
The traditional RNLI lifeguard season drew to a close at the end of September, but patrols have been extended on six beaches in the south west of England.
Fishing boat saved from rocks
22/09/2008
By: Jo Damsell
Exmouth's all-weather lifeboat was tasked on 20 September to rescue a fishing vessel that had broken down and was drifting dangerously close to rocks.
Triple naming at The Lifeboat College
29/08/2008
By: Laura Fennimore
Three RNLI relief fleet inshore lifeboats, funded by generous legacies, will be officially named in the Sea Survival Centre at The Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset, on Tuesday 2 September.