Coastwatch station to tackle incidents 'hotspot'
The National Coastwatch charity said volunteers at the seafront unit would be able to keep daily watch for anyone in danger along the coast and at sea.
Cleethorpes RNLI said crews had been called out 37 times this year – about a third more than they would usually expect at this point of the summer.
Ian Whalley MBE, deputy chairman of National Coastwatch, said: "The station has been opened there because that coastline in Cleethorpes and Lincolnshire has been identified as a hotspot area."
"There is a higher than average rate of incidents in that area and we would hope that, with our new station, we will be able to reduce the rate of incidents in the area," said Mr Whalley.
Trained volunteers at the station, which is next to Cleethorpes Leisure Centre, would report any coastal safety-related incidents to HM Coastguard for "expert rescue assets to be sent", the charity said.
Mr Whalley said the resort was popular with visitors and footfall had grown since the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.
"There's been a high increase in attendance to this very attractive coastal resort," he said.
"It's a beautiful beach, but it also can be dangerous."
A large proportion of the incidents involved people being cut off by the incoming tide, or people needing to be rescued due to offshore winds.
On Monday, five people had to be rescued by a Coastguard helicopter after misjudging the tide on the sands off Cleethorpes.
The National Coastwatch charity, which was set up in Cornwall in 1994 and run by volunteers, now has 61 stations, with fully-trained volunteer watchkeepers all reporting to HM Coastguard.
As well as the one in Cleethorpes, there are three other stations on the Lincolnshire coast - at Chapel Point, Mablethorpe and Skegness.
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