Mumbles & Horton & Port Eynon RNLI Lifeboats Rescue Injured Boy from Tor Bay
On Bank Holiday evening Monday 25th August 2025 at 7.30pm a report was received of an injured boy in Tor Bay. The Mumbles All Weather Lifeboat (‘ALB’) and the Inshore Lifeboat (‘ILB’) and the Horton and Port Eynon Inshore Lifeboat (‘ILB’) were quickly launched and made their way to Tor Bay.
On Bank Holiday evening Monday 25th August 2025 at 7.30pm a report was received of an injured boy in Tor Bay. The Mumbles All Weather Lifeboat (‘ALB’) and the Inshore Lifeboat (‘ILB’) and the Horton and Port Eynon Inshore Lifeboat (‘ILB’) were quickly launched and made their way to Tor Bay.
The Mumbles and Oxwich Coastguards were with the 15 year old boy on the beach. After arriving in Tor Bay the crew of the Horton and Port Eynon boat liaised with the Coastguards and linked up with the boy and the Coastguards. Mumbles ILB also came ashore and brought a doctor from the ALB who administered pain relief. The sea conditions were extremely challenging. It was round about the time of high tide, the tide was higher than normal as it was a Spring Tide. There was also a powerful ground swell resulting from a storm in the Atlantic and this caused large waves with a very strong undertow. The volunteer lifeboat crews reported that there were also side swells which made it very difficult for the crews of the ILB holding the boats whilst the boy was treated. The boy was with a female adult who was a friend of the family. She was taken by boat to the ALB.
After treatment on shore the coastguards assisted the RNLI crew in helping the boy onto the Horton and Port Eynon ILB and he was then taken to Oxwich. He was met in Oxwich by his father who took him to hospital. The transfer of the boy back to land in Oxwich also proved difficult in view of the challenging sea conditions.
Earlier in the day the Horton and Port Eynon crew had received a report from the Rhossili Coastguard that a lady had suffered a heart attack in Rhossili. Members of the volunteer crew took oxygen and pain relief by road to Rhossili as it was understood that an ambulance would not arrive in Rhossili for some time. However as the crew arrived in Rhossili they saw an ambulance had arrived and the lady was being treated. She was then taken to Morriston Hospital.
A spokesman for both lifeboats stations said:-
‘The rescue of the boy in Tor Bay was very challenging, in view of the sea conditions. It is a credit to the hard team work of the crews of all the RNLI lifeboats and the members of the coastguard teams that the rescue went well.
I would remind everyone that if you find yourself in difficulty or see someone in difficulty on or near the coast, phone 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
If walking at or near the coast always take a phone with you or a radio so that you can summon help if necessary.’
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