During 2020 all NCI stations closed for two months at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. On re-opening most stations were single-crewed for the rest of the year.
| Incident No. | Date of Incident | Station Name | Incident Summary | Initiated by | Lifeboat involved | MCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58496 | 29/08/2026 | NCI Exmouth | NCI informed HMCG of a kite surfer possibly in difficulty, following a call from MOP. ILB tasked. LB reached casualty, who appeared to be making progress, NCI continued to monitor, LB stood down. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58503 | 29/08/2026 | NCI Torbay | HMCG called NCI re report from MOP of 3 persons in a small dinghy possibly in difficulty. NCI established visual, NCI informed CG that although they looked inexperienced, they were not in apparent , danger. NCI updated CG that they had returned safely to the beach. NFA | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58506 | 29/08/2026 | NCI Southend | NCI observed a person in the water, trying to launch a tender towards a cabin cruiser. Attempts failed, HMCG informed. Casualty then tried again, CG updated, as they reached a closer cabin cruiser. , They then tried to reach original boat. CRT tasked, and tried to assist. ILB tasked to cabin cruiser, but could not reach due to falling tide. Vessel eventually grounded and the 2 POB made it ashore. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58507 | 29/08/2026 | NCI Lee-on-the-Solent | HMCG called NCI re. an EPIRB activation in area. Any vessel in visual? CG then we're heard in conversation with vessel, and it was decided it was an accidental trigger. NFA. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58508 | 29/08/2026 | NCI Felixstowe | Pan Pan was issued by a yacht with engine trouble, HMCG asked for details, NCI could not visualise due to poor visibility. NCI noted a wind farm vessel in area, but casualty did not need assistance. , NCI then established visual with CCTV, casualty under sail making slow progress. CG passed on advice from harbour master not to enter river as tide was low. Casualties engine then totally failed, and , AWLB was tasked to tow casualty to larger harbour. NCI stood down. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58486 | 28/08/2026 | NCI Gosport | Yacht issued a Pan Pan re. engine failure. HMCG asked NCI for visual - confirmed. Casualty proceeded under sail, 2 nearby vessels standing by, CG updated. Vessel continued under sail to harbour, and , then was towed to pontoon by a cabin cruiser, Pan Pan cancelled. All safe. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58490 | 28/08/2026 | NCI Hengistbury Head | HMCG called NCI asking for visual on a yacht - confirmed. No reason given for enquiry. CG updated later, still no apparent problem. Next NCI station also asked to look out. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58491 | 28/08/2026 | NCI St Alban's Head | Yacht, 4 POB, issued a Pan Pan, engine failure and unable to use sails, drifting. Location confirmed by NCI, CG informed. CG asked for assistance from any vessel. AWLB tasked, and conned to , casualty by NCI. LB towed casualty to harbour and safety. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58497 | 28/08/2026 | NCI Froward Point | NCI overheard a yacht inform HMCG they had been demoted, and requesting a tow. ILB tasked. NCI informed CG they were aware, and had visual. Monitoring requested until tow was complete. , All safe. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58499 | 28/08/2026 | NCI Gosport | NCI overheard a radio message re. person in the water by a buoy. NCI established visual, and informed HMCG. Reporting vessel recovered casualty, who needed urgent medical care, and an ambulance was , requested. The vessel, a ferry, was met by an ambulance, and the casualty transferred. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58476 | 27/08/2026 | NCI Boscastle | HMCG asked NCI to look for an orange object in the sea, reported by a MOP. Nothing seen. CG requested details of vessels which had passed through area of concern, details supplied. Further sweeps , still revealed nothing visual. NFA. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58477 | 27/08/2026 | NCI Needles | HMCG called NCI re. faint May Day heard, location supplied. Request for visual was negative. ILB tasked to investigate. A yacht informed LB there was a buoy with the number provided in local harbour, , so wrong location had been supplied. Search moved to the harbour, casualties found, and taken ashore. Vessel secured to buoy. See I/R 58480 Hengistbury Head. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58478 | 27/08/2026 | NCI Felixstowe | HMCG called NCI asking for visual on a yacht which had issued a Pan Pan re. fouled prop. Visual confirmed. ILB tasked, cleared fouled prop and towed casualty to marina. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58480 | 27/08/2026 | NCI Hengistbury Head | May Day received from vessel reported to have hit a buoy, ILB tasked. HMCG asked NCI for visual - negative. HELO also tasked to search. Updated position given as in harbour, so NCI were stood down., See I/R 58477 NCI needles. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58451 | 27/08/2026 | NCI Brancaster | NCI observed 4 MsOP and 3 dogs potentially cut off by tide. HMCG informed, monitoring requested. casualties realised their predicament, and waded back in waist deep water. All safe. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58453 | 26/08/2026 | NCI Llandudno | HMCG asked NCI to search for a casualty in the water, search was initially negative. ILB and HELO tasked, and HELO reported sighting of casualty in the water. Casualty was recovered by LB, and was , sadly deceased, having been in the water some time. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58452 | 26/08/2026 | NCI Newhaven | NCI observed police looking for a vulnerable person, believed to bi in the water. CRT and IB involved. NCI searched with CCTV, reported a possible sighting, NCI then reported to CG that the casualty , had returned to their car and driven away. casualty was later located in a car park and spoken to. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58440 | 25/08/2026 | NCI Canvey Island | NCI observed with CCTV 2 objects washed up on shore. HMCG informed, CRT tasked to investigate. It was decided objects were of no concern. NFA. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58445 | 25/08/2026 | NCI Shoreham | HMCG called NCI re. report from MOP of a wing surfer in difficulty, visual requested. NCI established visual, casualty appeared to be struggling, CG updated, Pan Pan issued. AWLB tasked, NCI asked , to con LB to casualty. Casualty then was happy to continue, assets stood down. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58425 | 24/08/2026 | NCI Exmouth | HMCG asked NCI for visual on a RIB reported adrift - confirmed. Range safety boat took RIB in tow, CG updated by NCI. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58426 | 24/08/2026 | NCI Swanage | NCI observed a yacht anchored in bay, in very rough conditions, local CC officer visited lookout, and HMCG informed, welfare check suggested. ILB tasked, and visited yacht. ILB crew suggested the, vessel proceed to harbour due to unsafe conditions, and was escorted by ILB. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58427 | 24/08/2026 | NCI Gorleston | NCI observed a person hanging off a pier ladder, 12 inches from the water. HMCG informed, CRT, ILB and ambulance tasked. Casualty was recovered to pier, and taken by ambulance to hospital. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58429 | 24/08/2026 | NCI Skegness | MOP reported to NCI a dead porpoise on the beach. Photo supplied. HMCG informed. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58430 | 24/08/2026 | NCI Needles | HMCG called NCI asking for visual on a small dinghy. NCI established visual, vessel was somersaulting, no persons visible, CG updated. ILB and HELO tasked, dinghy was recovered by LB, no persons found | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58413 | 23/08/2026 | NCI Portland Bill | HMCG asked NCI to look out for a motor vessel, towing a second motor vessel, bound for the harbour. Visual established, by CCTV, and progress was monitored through the race, against the tide. , Both vessels entered the harbour, CG updated. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58417 | 23/08/2026 | NCI Brancaster | NCI observed several MsOP on island and sandbank. cut off by tide. HMCG informed, ILB and Hovercraft tasked. Several casualties waded ashore, CRT arrived and found 22 still cut off. Casualties , were guided to shore by hovercraft, and CRT gave them safety advice. All safe. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58418 | 23/08/2026 | NCI Boscastle | NCI observed a yacht motoring into harbour, giving cause for concern due to depth of water. HMCG informed, and they contacted vessel, advising insufficient depth of water. Skipper contacted , harbour master, and decided to moor outside entrance until water rises. CG updated NCI. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58419 | 23/08/2026 | NCI Southend | NCI were monitoring 5 teenagers walking out behind boom, when HMCG called, having had a report from a MOP. NCI advised CG they were already monitoring them. CRT and hovercraft tasked, and , 3 casualties were recovered, 2 walked to shore. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58410 | 22/08/2026 | NCI Exmouth | NCI received a call from a catamaran with engine failure. NCI informed HMCG, Pan Pan issued. AWLB, which was out on exercise, was tasked, and towed casualty to safety. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58416 | 22/08/2026 | NCI Minehead | MOP informed NCI an elderly lady had fallen, and had head and arm injuries. Ambulance had been called. NCI called HMCG, CRT tasked. CRT commenced first aid, paramedic then arrived, and was , taken to hospital by a family member on their advice. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58412 | 20/08/2026 | NCI Cape Cornwall | MOP called NCI re. concern for 2 surfers struggling. NCI located surfers, informed LGs and HMCG. Monitoring requested, and casualties eventually struggled and made it to the shore and safety , CG updated. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58398 | 20/08/2026 | NCI Folkestone | NCI observed 2 MOP on pier, one was tombstoning. Harbour authority and HMCG informed. Both then left pier, NFA. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58396 | 19/08/2026 | NCI Folkestone | NCI observed 2 persons tombstoning from pier. Harbour authority and HMCG informed. Harbour authority spoke to those involved, seven more were seen having a picnic on the pier, authority informed. , CG updated, authority attended pier, and persons left the pier. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58397 | 19/08/2026 | NCI Folkestone | NCI observed a MOP who appeared drunk and clutching a wine bottle emerge from the water and join 4 others. HMCG informed. one appeared injured, and entered a compound and tampered with safety , equipment to access a first aid kit. CRT tasked, all men left the area. NFA | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58404 | 19/08/2026 | NCI Portland Bill | A yacht issued a Pan Pan, not making headway in the Portland race. HMCG tasked AWLB. LB towed casualty to harbour. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58513 | 18/08/2026 | NCI Moelfre | HMCG asked NCI to look for a dinghy, 2 POB drifting. ILB tasked, NCI continued to look for casualty. ILB tasked, NCI continued a visual watch. Casualties, no lifejackets, were recovered by LB and , handed over to CRT. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58374 | 18/08/2026 | NCI Folkestone | NCI observed 2 teenagers tombstoning from pier. Harbour authorities informed, HMCG also informed but not concerned. Security staff dealt with tombstoners. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58379 | 18/08/2026 | NCI Swanage | HMCG called NCI, asking to check a moored yacht, following reported concern from MOP. No-one had been seen aboard for 2 days. NCI confirmed visual, but no-one seen, CG updated. ILB was tasked , to do a welfare check. NCI monitored vessel until lookout closed. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58380 | 18/08/2026 | NCI Shoreham | MOP alerted NCI to a possible problem on the beach. W/K investigated, 4 persons in the water, 2 more on the beach. Police attended, ~AWLB tasked by HMCG. NCI W/Ks assisted SAR teams at scene. , CRT also tasked, LB recovered 4 casualties from the water, and transferred them to the care of the medical services. Assets stood down. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58386 | 18/08/2026 | NCI Torbay | MOP observed a person self harming, NCI called police and ambulance. Police arrived and secured area. HMCG informed purely for information purposes. casualty was taken to hospital by police. | NCI | No | Yes |