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 | MCA No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43339 | 29/08/2022 | NCI Gosport | HMCG requested visual from NCI of upturned vessel, with one person on hull. Unable to establish visual. Hovercraft investigated and reported no assistance required. NFA | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 031614 |
| IR43395 | 29/08/2022 | NCI Bembridge | CRT tasked to attend beached kaya with no person nearby. Comms difficult so NCI asked by CRT to act as comms relay on Ch00. Asked to scan for persons in water - nothing seen. Stood down by CRT when , kayak confirmed as known wreck. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 031603 |
| 43371 | 29/08/2022 | NCI Rhoscolyn | NCI observed kayak capsize, 2 persons in water. Vessels assisted and picked up casualties. Due to conditions, HMCG informed, monitoring continued. Casualties returned to shore and safety. | NCI | No | Yes | n/a |
| 43325 | 29/08/2022 | NCI Exmouth | HMCG requested NCI monitor broken down speedboat in channel. Casualty towed to safety. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 031587 |
| 43372 | 29/08/2022 | NCI Rhoscolyn | 2 paddle boarders reported missing. LB requested NCI search for casualties. Search revealed nothing, HELO involved. Casualties located, and all safe. | RNLI | No | Yes | 031700 |
| 43326 | 29/08/2022 | NCI Exmouth | HMCG called NCI re. kite surfer in difficulty. ILB tasked. NCI established visual and casualty found safely ashore. NFA | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 031607 |
| 43338 | 28/08/2022 | NCI Felixstowe | RIB entering river at low tide, fouled and broke engine. Casualty then drifting. HMCG informed, Vessel employed anchor. ILB tasked, NCI conned onto casualty, and vessel towed to safety, having broken , towline once. All safe. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 031492 |
| 43312 | 28/08/2022 | NCI Froward Point | Pan Pan heard by NCI, not acknowledged. HMCG informed, position given. Yacht with spinnaker issue. CG to contact regatta committee. CG asked NCI to use Ch16 due to comms issues. , Second yacht responded but gave wrong position and mentioned fouled prop. Casualty progressed to harbour, escorted by regatta boat. | NCI | No | Yes | 031364 |
| 43313 | 28/08/2022 | NCI Brancaster | NCI received report from MOP that a person on beach had a weaver fish sting. W/K gave first aid, taken over by CRT, HMCG contacted to request help to remove casualty. | NCI | No | Yes | 031403 |
| 43319 | 28/08/2022 | NCI Hengistbury Head | Off duty W/K phoned NCI re. cabin cruiser aground on beach. HMCG informed. MOP informed NCI casualty was trying to refloat vessel. NCI kept CG updated, having walked to get visual. Owner of , vessel confirmed no assistance was required as he was waiting for high tide. Next day owner confirmed no help required by CG, and he refloated vessel. | NCI | No | Yes | 031437 |
| 43429 | 28/08/2022 | NCI Hornsea | MOP informed HMCG a person on a jetski was in difficulty. NCI asked for visual. Reported arm waving transpired to be them angling, casting their line. Assets stood down. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 031422 |
| 43321 | 28/08/2022 | NCI Swanage | NCI observed 3 kayakers who got into difficulties in tidal race. 1 reached shore, but other 2 were swept offshore and capsized. HMCG informed. Nearby yacht offered assistance, NCI conned onto , casualties. ILB tasked. Yacht rescued casualties, and recovered kayaks, all of which were transferred to ILB. All safe and well. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 031390 |
| 43302 | 27/08/2022 | NCI Rame Head | NCI observed object, believed to be a swimmer. HMCG informed, and asked yacht close by to investigate. Object identified as a float, incident closed. | NCI | No | Yes | 031105 |
| 43303 | 27/08/2022 | NCI Brancaster | NCI observed canoeist heading out to sea. HMCG informed of concern for safety. Canoeist disappeared from view, possibly capsized or beached. CRT tasked to search with negative result. NFA. | NCI | No | Yes | 031129 |
| 43324 | 27/08/2022 | NCI Porthcawl | HMCG reported kayaker in difficulty. NCI offered assistance. Extensive camera search, eventually abandoned due to bad light. Nothing seen, assets stood down. casualty had self rescued. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 031239 |
| 43297 | 26/08/2022 | NCI Lyme Bay | Police arrived at NCI in response to report of potential suicide off cliff. HMCG requested NCI monitor situation, but visual not established. Casualty was recovered to ambulance, all assets stood down | Police | No | Yes | 030884 |
| 43304 | 26/08/2022 | NCI Shoreham | Cabin cruiser requested assistance from HMCG due to engine failure. CG requested they wait for assistance, but they resorted engine and made way to marina. NCI monitored progress. All safe. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 030901 |
| 43301 | 25/08/2022 | NCI Porthcawl | HMCG called NCI re. 5 MsOP trying to cross river. Visual requested. ILB tasked. NCI established visual, CRT tasked to assist. ILB cancelled, Eventually all made it safely across, NCI stood down. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 030825 |
| 43452 | 25/08/2022 | NCI Folkestone | NCI observed an inflatable kayak being blown out to sea. HMCG informed, AWLB tasked. Local Fishing Vessel intercepted craft, LB searched for missing persons. Vessel had drifted from campsite., LB reunited craft with owner. | NCI | Yes | Yes | n/a |
| 43286 | 24/08/2022 | NCI Stone Point | NCI heard Mayday call, then nothing more. Yacht replied and again nothing heard. HMCG informed. CG issued Pan Pan ref. Mayday, again nothing seen or heard. NFA and Pan Pan cancelled. | NCI | No | Yes | 030507 |
| 43359 | 24/08/2022 | NCI Herne Bay | MOP informed NCI that her 2 children were in difficulty on paddle board, unable to return to shore. HMCG had been informed, ILB tasked. On its arrival, parent had swim to children's aid, and return , them to beach. No lifejackets had been warn, safety advice given. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 023566 |
| 43428 | 23/08/2022 | NCI Hornsea | NCI observed 2 MsOP on beach, cut off by tide. HMCG informed. Casualties then observed trying to climb cliff, and eventually they reached the top, and safety. CG informed. | NCI | No | Yes | 030410 |
| 43250 | 22/08/2022 | NCI Brancaster | Elderly male suffering from dementia, believed to be on island. NCI asked to keep visual watch. Visual was negative, and casualty later found on far side of island, and taken to shore. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 030238 |
| 43256 | 22/08/2022 | NCI Porthcawl | HMCG requested NCI help look for missing child. Police on scene. CRT tasked. Extensive search revealed nothing. Casualty later found safe having walked back to family members house. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 030273 |
| IR43388 | 21/08/2022 | NCI Portland Bill | Yacht with engine problem called for assistance on Ch65 as Ch16 inoperable. Message passed to HMCG who requested assistance from any vessel in vicinity. Casualty was towed to Portland Marina, | NCI | No | Yes | 029995 |
| 43232 | 21/08/2022 | NCI Skegness | HMCG called NCI for visual on an inflatable. Visual confirmed, unsure whether manned. CRT tasked to ascertain if POB, negative, assets stood down. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 03042 |
| 43233 | 21/08/2022 | NCI Charmouth | Angling charter called NCI re. mud slide onto beach. Visual confirmed, HMCG informed. CRT tasked, warning signs deployed, no casualties. | NCI | No | Yes | 029984 |
| 43237 | 21/08/2022 | NCI Llandudno | NCI observed 2 persons going onto sand bank, after critical flood tide time. One waded back, second trapped. HMCG informed, ILB tasked. First person returned and helped second to safety. ILB cancelled | NCI | Yes | Yes | 030050 |
| 43244 | 21/08/2022 | NCI Bembridge | HMCG alerted CRT to potential suicide from cliff. NCI did not have visual, CG informed. Police and CRT on scene, ILB on way . HELO requested, NCI continued to monitor. Casualty taken into protective , custody. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 030025 |
| 44164 | 21/08/2022 | NCI Whitstable | NCI observed motorised paddle board in difficulty. Casualty trying to swim ashore. HMCG informed and advised to monitor. Sailing club RIB rescued casualty. NFA | NCI | No | Yes | 029986 |
| 43212 | 20/08/2022 | NCI Hengistbury Head | HMCG requested NCI look out for motor cruiser with engine failure, visual not established, CG not convinced location was correct. Eventually casualty restarted engine and proceed without assistance. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 029769 |
| 43216 | 20/08/2022 | NCI Gorleston | NCI became concerned for MOP behaving strangely, having climbed over safety barrier. Police informed, and attended. CRT and ILB tasked, and casualty was accompanied from scene by police. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 029903 |
| 43218 | 20/08/2022 | NCI Torbay | NCI called by HMCG re. drunk males on speedboats, reported by MOP. NCI observed 2 vessels but headed out of sight, and did not return to Torbay. CG informed. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 029898 |
| 43219 | 20/08/2022 | NCI Torbay | NCI observed small motor boat drifting, 5 POB. Jetski attempted recovery, took 2 persons off. HMCG advised, monitoring continued. Local vessel attended, and towed casualty to harbour. | NCI | No | Yes | 029898 |
| 43211 | 19/08/2022 | NCI Mablethorpe | MOP reported to NCI a missing child from car park. HMCG informed, CRT tasked. Missing child found, brought to station, CG informed, assets stood down. | NCI | No | Yes | 029558 |
| 43214 | 19/08/2022 | NCI Shoreham | NCI observed kite (kite surfer) in water. HMCG informed. Surfer had returned to beach and kite remained at sea. | NCI | No | Yes | 029668 |
| 43204 | 19/08/2022 | NCI Skegness | NCI observed an unmanned inflatable adrift. W/K attempted to retrieve it, but unsuccessful. HMCG informed, also neighbouring NCI station. | NCI | No | Yes | n/a |
| 43207 | 19/08/2022 | NCI Skegness | NCI observed object out at sea. HMCG informed, ILB tasked. Object turned out to be jet is with 2 persons in water beside it. Second jet ski performed rescue of casualties and jet ski. CG informed. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 029611 |
| 43210 | 19/08/2022 | NCI Exmouth | MOP advised NCI lady had fallen on beach and damaged her ankle. LG attended to minor injuries, HMCG informed. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 029591 |
| 43197 | 18/08/2022 | NCI Lee-on-the-Solent | HMCG requested assistance from NCI to identify source of DSC alert. Visual identified after monitoring, and casualties recovered by ILB. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 029481 |