A voluntary organisation keeping a visual watch along UK shores

Charmouth

Welcome to NCI Charmouth

Callsign CharmouthNCI on CH65 for radio checks and your queries about local conditions.

 

NCI Charmouth is a satellite station of NCI Lyme Bay and all Charmouth watchkeepers also work at the parent site at Hive Beach. We work as a closely-knit team covering the whole of Lyme Bay.

Please note we gladly take radio check calls - but on Ch65, not Ch16 and not Ch67. Just call 'CharmouthNCI' twice on Ch65 and give your vessel name then wait for an answer. If your 'vessel' is too small for a name, it helps if you invent something that lets us identify you visually e.g 'RedBoarder' or 'MackerelKayak'

 

Visitor Policy
Visitor Policy: Visitors are normally most welcome at this historically interesting Lookout although, when an incident is ongoing or when training is taking place, this may not always be convenient, and the duty watchkeeper may ask visitors to call back later. Also, the Lookout is very compact so visitors are more likely to be standing in the doorway than invited 'in'.
Access

From Charmouth village centre follow Lower Sea Lane to the Beach.  Turn right at sea front just past the Charmouth Heritage Centre and walk up the slope past the WCs and the lookout is dead ahead.

Local Hazards
Dangerous cliffs. Mud slides.
Operational capability
This station has Declared Facility Status
This station reports to JRCC Fareham
Current weather and sea conditions are available by phone during watch hours
Defibrillator Available: 
No
Station Telephone: 
01297 255076
Visual Watch: 
Yes
Radar Watch: 
No
NAVTEX: 
No
AIS Watch: 
Yes
DSC Watch: 
Yes
Radio: Listening watch on channels: 
16
Radio: Channels in use (call direct not via ch 16): 
65
Radio: Channel 00: 
Listening watch and ready to transmit as authorised by Coastguard
Station Call Sign: 
Charmouth NCI
Other Watch Information: 
This satellite station is linked to Lyme Bay NCI which has longer opening hours.

Weather conditions at NCI Charmouth Station

Station Info

Station Address
Charmouth foreshore.
Station telephone number
01297 255076
Station email address

Contact Station by Email

Station contact
Judy Clarke
Station contact role
Station Manager
07786 354403
Station website

NCI Charmouth Living History

See NCI Lyme Bay site, we are a satellite.

Summer opening
Open from: 
10:00
Open until: 
17:00
Days: 
Monday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
From: 
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Until: 
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Notes: 
The Station will also be open Tuesday-Thursday 1100-1500 .
Winter opening
Open from: 
11:00
Open until: 
15:00
Days: 
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
From: 
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Until: 
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Notes: 
The Station will also be open on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays ,Mondays, and Bank Holidays 1000-1600 (or dusk if earlier) but closed on Christmas Day.
Location
Latitude: 
50º44.00’N
Longitude: 
002º54.15’W
OS Reference: 
SY36403 93052
Station Elevation: 
42 ft/13m
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truly.undertook.poster
Visual features of station
Above West Beach. Cream coloured, single storey octagonal building with pointed, slate roof. Brown access door with “blue” sign giving history. Short flagpole on eastern side.
Other identifying features
A row of beachhuts below and a small group of beachhuts behind the building.

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