5 Dec 2025

Lost Paddle Board

12.49 A Call was received from a paddleboarder to report his board lost in rough seas.

12.54 Advised HMCG in case board found and false alarm raised.

NFA

9 Nov 2025

Incident: Person in Water

08.59 NCI asked by HMCG for visual on person in water in estuary clinging to RIB.

Nothing visible due to masts obscuring line of sight

09.00 The ILB en route to scene.

09.23 The Casualty was recovered and handed over to ambulance

8 Nov 2025

Incident: Lady requiring assistance

11.55 A Member of Public requested NCI assistance as a woman had collapsed below the watchtower.

12.00 Ruth our watchkeeper, also a nurse attended and assessed situation. Ambulance had been called but no ETZ

12.10 HMCG informed and responders attended scene.

12.25 Ambulance in attendance to help with casualty.

6 Nov 2025

Adrift yacht

10.35 NCI recieved a report of yacht dragging its moorings and half sunk, NCI located stricken vessel on ESC CCTV.
10.37 NCI Reported to the Harbour Master, who requested that NCI advise Exeter Port Authority, where message left.

6 Nov 2025

Incident: Object spotted on Pole Sands

11.55 A report received from S&R and subsequently HMCG of unidentified object in water off Pole Sands
12.10 NCI were unable to locate on optics and CCTV
12.26 NCI advised HMCG no sightings and nothing unusual.

30 Oct 2025

Concern For Rowing Boat

10.05 Exmouth Rowing Club expressed their concern for single RB, currently in river, landing on beach due to worsening weather conditions.

10.14 Single and 4-man RBs located on CCTV and position confirmed to shore crew.

10.20 Advised shore crew single now safely ashore at Sailing Club.

10.22 Quad returned to beach at Octagon.

CCTV used throughout to monitor RBs

29 Oct 2025

Incident: Kite Surfer in difficulty

At 15.13 A call received from HMCG asking for observation of kite surfer reportedly in difficulty at Orcombe Point.

At 15.20 Following an extensive search using CCTV, reported back to HMCG no sighting.

20 Oct 2025

Incident: Windsurfer potentially in difficulty

At 14.40 NCI watchkepers were maintaining observation on a struggling wingsurfer, but not in difficulty, in windy conditions
At 15.05 Following a call from a concerned member of public, HMCG requested an update
At 15.10 NCI watchkeepers were able to confirm that the wingsurfer was safely ashore.

5 Oct 2025

Missing Swimmer

This morning (Sunday 5 October) at 09:15hrs the launch of both Exmouth RNLI lifeboats was requested to reports of a person missing in the water off Budleigh Salterton beach.

The information received advised that four swimmers had entered the water at Budleigh Salterton beach but only three had made it back to the beach. The three swimmers had raised the alarm when their fellow swimmer did not return within 10 minutes and the RNLI Exmouth lifeboats made best speed to the area to begin a search for the missing swimmer.

Our volunteer watchkeepers heard Solent HMCG and Exmouth ILB radio communication referring to the swimmer that had gone missing from Steamer Steps in Budleigh. NCI Exmouth located the swimmer off Budleigh via their CCTV camera and at 09:38hrs they called Solent Coastguard to inform them that NCI could see a swimmer.
Solent told NCI that one of the rescue teams had ‘Eyes On’, and thanked them. By that time the D-class had reached Budleigh, the experienced swimmer had made her own way safely back to the beach and was confirmed to be safe and well.

This shout is called a “false alarm with good intent” and we are always grateful to members of the public for having their eyes on the water and making the call to the coastguard.

29 Sep 2025

Missing Sailor

Concerns are growing for a missing sailor last spotted in Plymouth Sound nearly a month ago. Police said Guy Nelson, aged 57, was last seen “in or around” the Drake’s Island on Monday, September 8.

He has not been seen since and there have been no sightings of his boat, named Swallow. Mr Nelson, from Leamington Spa, in Warwickshire, had been sailing around the coast of Devon and Cornwall.

It is believed he aimed to sail from Plymouth along the coast but there has been no trace of him for weeks. Mr Nelson had been in St Dominick in south east Cornwall, where he was photographed on Friday, September 5 - three days before he was last seen.

Devon and Cornwall Police last week put out an appeal for information and have today renewed it, releasing fresh pictures of Mr Nelson and his “relatively small” boat. A police spokesperson said: “We continue to be concerned for the welfare of Mr Nelson and are issuing a more recent picture of him. He has no known links to Devon and Cornwall other than sailing in the area.”

Mr Nelson is described as a white man, 5ft 10ins tall, of medium build, with short curly brown hair and brown eyes. He usually wears glasses, a black T-shirt and jeans.

Anybody who has seen Mr Nelson or knows of his whereabouts is asked to call 999 quoting log 852 of September 17

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