Pett Level Independent Rescue Boat

Our dedicated team is made up of volunteers who give their time to help: from boat crews, shore and maintenance teams, to fundraisers and adminstration volunteers, and the Trustees and Commitee who run the charity – everyone here is a volunteer!

We are a registered, independent rescue charity (number 286891). It costs well over £10,000 a year to run our charity and all our operations rely on grants and donations from the various organisations, local businesses and members of the public who support our work.

Many of our volunteers are also involved with local schools and community groups, sharing vital awareness messages about local beach safety, drowning prevention and risk awareness. We can also give talks on the history of the Pett Level Independent Rescue Boat too!

Whether walking, paddling, swimming or casting off in leisure craft, this type of hazard can cause injury to all beach users

Cliff End at Pett Level Beach is notorious for rock falls all year round

Never walk or sit directly under the cliff line

The tide comes in fast, well before high tide and causes Cliff End to be cut off from the main Pett Level beach

Our local coastline includes sandbars which the incoming tide floods in BEHIND, causing tidal cut off from main beaches, which happens very quickly