Coastal Rescue Tracker
Tide-related call-outs on this stretch of coast with a public RNLI or Coastguard report. This is a record of published incidents, not a complete live log.
2026 so far
7 call-outs listed · 4 on the Hilbre crossing · 4 groups cut off by the tide
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River Dee, off West Kirby
A search was launched for a windsurfer reported struggling to get going again off West Kirby; after a thorough search, no one was found in difficulty and all units stood down.
Wirral Coastguard Rescue Team and RNLI West Kirby Lifeboat report → -
North Bank, New Brighton
A man and two dogs cut off on the North Bank sandbank by a flooding tide; the lifeboat, already out on exercise, reached them in about ten minutes.
New Brighton RNLI report → -
Between Middle Eye and Hilbre · Hilbre crossing
Three people reported cut off between Middle Eye and Hilbre were found safe, waiting on Middle Eye for the tide.
West Kirby RNLI report → -
Hilbre crossing, West Kirby · Hilbre crossing
A multi-agency welfare check on several groups still heading out to the islands on a flooding tide, in a run of four taskings in four days.
West Kirby RNLI and Hoylake RNLI hovercraft report → -
Hilbre crossing, West Kirby · Hilbre crossing
Two people cut off walking out to the islands waded back to Hilbre and were brought ashore cold and wet by the lifeboat.
West Kirby RNLI report → -
North Bank, off New Brighton
Two people stuck in mud on the North Bank, one in an electric wheelchair with the water already over its wheels, recovered by hovercraft.
Hoylake RNLI hovercraft, Wirral and Flint Coastguard, fire service report → -
Between Middle Eye and Little Eye · Hilbre crossing
Two people and a dog cut off between Middle Eye and Little Eye on the way back from Hilbre, taken off by the lifeboat; the Coastguard said that had they tried to move they could have entered fast-flowing deep water.
West Kirby RNLI, Wirral Coastguard and a Coastguard helicopter report →
Compiled from rnli.org station news, Coastguard posts and our approved reports. It misses call-outs that have not been written up. Send us a source for an incident we’ve missed.
Latest launch reported by the feed: West Kirby, 19 hours ago (). The feed is best-effort and may not include every launch. A launch is not confirmation of a rescue.
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