01/11/2026
November’s certainly hit the ground running!
After a particularly busy 27 hours at the end of October, November seems to have decided to carry on in much the same vein!
At 13:33 this afternoon, we were tasked alongside colleagues from HM Coastguard - Hastings and HM Coastguard Rye Bay to assist Sussex Police with a fairly large-scale search for a missing person centred around Hastings.
Pett Level Independent Rescue Boat was also tasked, undertaking a shoreline search between their base and Rock-a-Nore.
Thankfully, there was a positive outcome, with the person eventually located safe and well.
We’d barely had time to get home and put the kettle on when, at 17:30, we were tasked again, this time to an incident near Eastbourne Pier. Fortunately, this was also resolved safely and we were stood down whilst en route.
A huge thank you to all our fellow search and rescue colleagues involved in both incidents.
So, that’s two more taskings within 4 hours on the first day of November, following a rather hectic end to October.
We’re now slightly on tenterhooks… because, as they say, these things come in threes! 😳
A reminder: If you see someone in difficulty around the coast, please don’t hesitate to call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
