Southbourne Coastguard

(7)5/2/23;0338Hrs; Person possibly in the river at Iford, Christchurch.Lymington Coastguard @PooleCoastguard @MudefordRNLI @dorsetpolice @swasFT attending. With the teams mustering we were notified that the casualty was found safe and well in another location so teams stood down

(6)26/1/23,1415Hrs; Persons in difficulties off Alum Chine, Poole. Coastguard Rescue 175,@PooleCoastguard @PooleLifeboats @dorsetpolice @swasFT attending.Whilst en route JRCC confirmed persons were safe,well and in the care of an ambulance on scene. Teams stood down.

A Couple of the team carried out driver training,area familiarisation and a safety patrol yesterday in the glorious sunshine from Poole to Southbourne. Many thanks to all who had the time to say hello. Please keep away from the cliff edges especially after all the recent rain.

(5) 13/01/23:1355Hrs;Foil surfer in difficulty,Avon beach. @MudefordRNLI Attending. ILB confirmed casualty ashore. Once on scene, located casualty and confirmed they were safe and well. Safety advice given and ensure all kit was accounted for.

(4)13/01/22:1548Hrs; Assist @swasFT @dorsetpolice with a medical incident, Highcliffe clifftop carpark.Teams on scene carried out hasty searches of the immediate area.The incident was quickly resolved.Ambulance and police content that no further coastguard assistance required.

(1/4) It’s #January which can only mean one thing – ‘Walk Your #Dog’ month!🐾 While #coastal areas are the perfect spots for walking your furry friends, you need to make sure you’re doing so as safely as possible. On #BankHoliday Monday we dealt with a number of rescues…

(3):09/01/23:2117Hrs; Person reported cliff side of the fence near Bournemouth pier.liased with @dorsetpolice on scene and were informed that the casualty was in their care, safe and well. Teams stood down, and Lymington CRT who were also en route as a technical backup informed.

(2) 08-01-23.2152Hrs; Person reported on the cliff,West Cliff, Bournemouth. liaised with large multi agency teams who had already been on scene for a while. Confirm no requirement for HM Coastguard so Lymington, @PooleCoastguard and ourselves stood down and returned to station

(1) 08-1-23.1404Hrs; Persons reported cut off by tide, Chewton Bunny, Highcliffe. Liase with Lymington CRT members already observing what eventually transpired to be fossil collectors on the naish mudflats all safe and well.Teams called out to false alarm with good intent

Watch our annual video to learn more about what we did in 2022. You can view it with this link youtu.be/pUo7vXL8RJQ

2022 -another very busy year for us with 162 taskings in the past 12 months. On average we were called out over 3 times a week,every week.We are all volunteers, from all walks of life, but with one shared objective-to help people in difficulties….

It's nearly the new year with another busy one behind us but we'll be here next year to assist and help out when called upon 24/7. Shortly we'll be posting our review of 2022. A link to it will be here. Happy new year to all our followers and thank you.

@HMCoastguard What a busy year for us all but we'll be here again next year 24/7

A big year for HM Coastguard #CG200

Tasking 162:29/12/22:1319Hrs; Reports of persons in the sea at Mudeford. As the team were mustering on station information came through that the incident had been resolved with no persons in the sea and all safe and well. Team stood down.False alarm with good intent.

Tasking 161:26/12/22:1144hrs; Ordnance,Hengistbury head.Set up a cordon and close beach,alongside a ranger from @BCPCouncil,while further advice from EOD was obtained. Item was found to be a boom marker and support bouy so the beach was reopened and the object marked with tape.

Tasking 160:25/12/22:1253Hrs; Christmas Day tasking to reports of a jet ski run aground near to Avon Beach. While mustering on station news came through that casualty had managed to re-float and no longer needed assistance. Team stood down and home in time for Christmas Dinner!

Tasking 159:21/12/22:1409Hrs; Person in water between Southbourne and Hengistbury head. Hasty searches alongside @MudefordRNLI and @dorsetpolice carried out and once area covered all teams were happy that casualty had been a lone surfer seen leaving the area by other witnesses.

Tasking 158:20/12/22:1232Hrs;Person over cliff at Barton on sea. Once on scene, alongside #LymingtonCRT and police units, casualty located and found to be carrier bags. False alarm with good intent.

Tasking 157.15/12/22:1204hrs; Assist @swasFT with a medical incident,Highcliffe Beach.With #lymingtonCRT assisting, package and stretcher casualty off beach and into the ambulance for further assessment and onward care at Bournemouth Hospital. Teams stood down. Return to station.

Tasking 156:2/12/22:0659Hrs; Called to assist @dorsetpolice @swasFT with an incident at BranksomeChine Poole. Team stood down shortly after assisting on scene.