Tenby’s RNLI all-weather lifeboat was launched into rough seas at 2 pm on Friday (November 6), after a surfer got blown out to sea in a strong offshore wind at Rhossili Beach on the Gower, 18 miles south-east of Tenby.

The volunteer crew made best speed towards surfer’s last known position, as Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 187 and Burry Port Lifeboat began to search the scene.

With the Haydn Miller lifeboat only a mile from station, news came through that the surfer had been found by the helicopter and picked up by Burry Port Lifeboat and was now safely ashore.

The lifeboat was then stood down and returned to station, arriving at 2.30 pm.