Sedgemoor RNLI Lifeguards

08/03/2026

Happy International Women’s day to our female lifesavers!

16/02/2026

RNLI LIFEGUARDS ARE RECRUITING IN YOUR AREA: if you are a strong swimmer, work well under pressure & are looking for a summer job with a difference, Somerset RNLI Lifeguards may be your calling. Full time, part time & casual roles available.

To apply, click this link: https://lifesavingjobs.rnli.org/become-a-lifeguard/find-a-job

For more details, email [email protected]

16/09/2025

Nice one Jake!

A father and son from Burnham-On-Sea RNLI have made local history by attending the same intensive lifeboat training course together at the RNLI College in Poole.

10/09/2025

Summer is over… or is it? If you would like to get qualified ready for the 2026 season, Somerset RNLI Lifeguards will be running a National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualfiication course over October for future candidates. This will be located in Weston & Bridgewater bays, and dates are to be confirmed. If you are interested in participating, please email [email protected] or DM us on our social media. Photo credits: 1 & 2 - Alice Higgins, 3 - Mark Newman

09/09/2025

SEASON 2025 ✅ As of Sunday 7th of September, patrols on Somerset beaches have ceased for the year.
Lifeguards on Brean Sands & Burnham-on-Sea beach have taken approximately 500 preventative actions, adviced/spoken to the on public approx 4,800 occasions & have aided 98 people this summer, with the last few weeks seeing an uptick in major first aids (including 4 evacuations via ambulance). If you would be interested in patrolling the Sedgemoor beaches in 2026, please get in contact at [email protected] ☀️

23/08/2025

On Wednesday our lifeguards partook in a Sandhole Collapse training exercise organised by the - alongside other local volunteer rescue organisations, a casualty was recovered from the sand & treated by lifeguards. A good experience for all! Photo credits for images 1, 2, 4 & 5 = Mark Newman of BOS.com

22/08/2025

Burnham-On-Sea Coastguard Rescue Team is calling on community-minded residents to consider joining its team as volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers.

09/08/2025

On Wednesday Henry, Jakob & Megan took a trip to our local Coastguard station for a showcase of how they undertake mud rescues. This also included a quick visit to to see their hovercrafts, also used for mud rescues. As a prominent & dangerous fixture of coastal Somerset, serious mud reacues are often a multi-agency incident, with each organisation providing their specialist procedures and equipment.

06/08/2025

10am to 4pm, Sunday 24th August - have a gander!

Dozens of emergency services from across the West Country will be gathering on Burnham-On-Sea’s seafront on Sunday August 24th when the town’s annual rescue services day returns.

03/08/2025

*MID SEASON UPDATE* it is now 5 weeks into patrols on the Sedgemoor beaches. According to logged data, lifeguards have had just short of 2,000 face-to-face conversations with the public, taken preventative actions over 200 times and been involved with over 40 incidents since 10am; Saturday 5th of July. Notable occurances over the past few weeks include:
- Rescuing a group of 5 from a tidal cut off at the base of Brean Down
- Rescuing a child from the mud on Burnham-on-Sea beach
- Attempting to rescue a beached common dolphin on Berrow with an outgoing tide
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28/07/2025

Trading the whistle for a stethoscope: today was LG Sydney’s last day on patrol before starting her new job as a junior doctor! Sydney did two seasons in the Wirral before getting stuck in on the Somerset beaches and quickly became a valuable member of the team. We wish her all the best for the future! ☀️⛱