Contact Your Local Coastguard
Safety Zone Friday, May 8th, 2009All the contact details for your local coastguard are here. If your thinking of going fishing then give them a ring to submit your paddle plan.
Contact details for
| Aberdeen | Belfast |
| HM Coastguard 4th Floor Marine House Blaikies Quay Aberdeen AB11 5PB |
HM Coastguard Bregnez House Quay Street Bangor Co Down BT20 5ED |
| Tel : 01224 592334 Fax : 01224 212862 |
Tel : 02891 463933 Fax : 02891 465886 |
| RCC Manager : Mr Steve Pigott Tel : 01224 597929 |
RCC Manager : Mr Richard Newell Tel : 02891 475302 |
| Operational Area : Cape Wrath to Doonies Point |
Operational Area : Northern Ireland/ Irish Republic Border, Lough Foyle to Northern/Irish Republic Border Carlingford Lough |
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| Brixham | Clyde |
| HM Coastguard Kings Quay Brixham Devon TQ5 9TW |
HM Coastguard Navy Buildings Eldon Street Greenock Inverclyde PA16 7QY |
| Tel : 01803 882704 Fax : 01803 882780 |
Tel : 01475 729988 Fax : 01475 786955 |
| RCC Manager : Mr Peter Davies Tel : 01803 884001 |
RCC Manager : Mr John Griffiths Tel : 01475 553358 |
| Operational Area : Motorway bridge at Topsham to Dodman Point |
Operational Area : Mull of Galloway to Ardmurchan Point    including the Islands of Jura, Gigha, Islay, Arran, Colonsay, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Bute, and Cumbrae |
| Dover | Falmouth |
| HM Coastguard Langdon Battery Swingate Dover Kent CT15 5NA |
HM Coastguard Pendennis Point Castle Drive Falmouth TR11 4WZ |
| Tel : 01304 210008 Fax : 01304 202137 |
Tel : 01326 317575 Fax : 01326 318342 |
| RCC Manager : Mr Spike Hughes Tel : 01304 218501 |
RCC Manger : Mr Simon Rabett Tel : 01326 310802 |
| Operational Area : Reculver Towers to BeachyHead,Belle Tout |
Operational Area Marsland Mouth – Devon/Cornwall Border to Dodman Dodman Point |
| Forth | Holyhead |
| HM Coastguard Fifeness Crail Fife KY10 3XN |
HM Coastguard Prince of wales Road Holyhead Anglesey North Wales LL26 1ET |
| Tel : 01333 450666 Fax : 01333 450725 |
Tel : 01407 762051/763911 Fax : 01407 764373 |
| RCC Manager : Mr David Dick Tel : 01333 452001 |
RCC Manager : Mr Jim Paton Tel : 01407 767951 |
| Operational Area : Doonies Point to English Scottish Border |
Operational Area From Near Froig to Queensferry on the River Dee North Wales |
| Humber | Liverpool |
| HM Coastguard Limekiln Lane Bridlington East Yorkshire YO15 2LX |
HM Coastguard Hall Road West Crosby Liverpool L23 8SY |
| Tel : 01262 672317 Fax : 01262 606915 |
Tel : 01519 313341 Fax : 01519 313347 |
| RCC Manager : Mr Mike Bill Tel : 01262 607321 |
RCC Manager : Mr Colin Brown Tel : 01519 316625 |
| Operational Area : Scottish/English Border to Haile Sand Fort |
Operational Area From Queensferry North Wales to the Mull of Galloway, Scotland, plus the English Lake District. |
| London Coastguard | Milford Haven |
| Thames Barrier Navigation Centre Unit 28 34 Bowater Road Woolwich London SE18 5TF |
HM Coastguard Gorsewood Drive Hakin Milford Haven Pemrokeshire SA73 3HB |
| Tel : 02083 127380 Fax : 02083 127679 |
Tel : 01646 690909 Fax : 01646 692176 |
| RCC Manager : Mr David White Tel : 02083 127381 |
RCC Manager : Mrs Julie Wood Tel : 01646 699601 |
| Operational Area : River Thames from Shell Haven Point (North Bank) and Egypt Bay (South Bank) to Teddington. |
Operational Area : River Towy, Camarthen to near Froig |
| Portland | Shetland |
| HM Coastguard Custom House Quay Weymouth Dorset DT4 8BE |
HM Coastguard The Knab Knab Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AX |
| Tel : 01305 760439 Fax : 01305 760452 |
Tel : 01595 692976 Fax : 01595 694810 |
| RCC Manager : Mr Mark Rodaway Tel : 01305 763601 |
RCC Manager : Mr Neville Davis Tel : 01595 743501 |
| Operational Area : Chewton Bunny (Dorset/Hampshire Border) to Motorway Bridge at Topsham |
Operational Area : Shetland Islands Fair Isle and the Orkney Islands |
| Solent | Stornoway |
| HM Coastguard 44A Marine Parade West Lee On solent Hants PO13 9NR |
HM Coastguard Clan Macquarrie House Battery Point Stornoway Isle of Lewis Western Isles HS1 2RT |
| Tel : 02392 552100 Fax : 02392 551763 |
Tel : 01851 702013/4 Fax : 01851 704387 |
| RCC Manager : Mr Lee Fisher Tel : 02392 559001 |
RCC Manager : Mr James Ralston Tel : 01851 708452 |
| Operational Area : Chewton Bunny (Dorset/Hampshire Border) to  Beachy Belle Tout including the Isle of Wight |
Operational Area : Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath, Mainland – Barra       Head to Butt of Lewis and St Kilda |
| Swansea | Thames |
| HM Coastguard Tutt Head Mumbles Swansea SA3 4EX |
HM Coastguard East Terrace Walton on Naze Essex CO14 8PY |
| Tel : 01792 366534 Fax : 01792 369005 |
Tel : 01255 675518 Fax : 01255 675249 |
| RCC Manager : Ms Julie Anne Wood Tel : 01792 365313 |
RCC Manager : [VACANT] Tel : 01255 682102 |
| Operational Area : Marsland Mouth, North Devon /Cornwall Border to River Towy, Camarthen |
Operational Area : River Blyth at Southwold to Reculve Towers, Herne Bay |
| Yarmouth | |
| HM Coastguard 4th Floor Havenbridge House North Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HZ |
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| Tel : 01493 851338 Fax : 01493 852307 |
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| RCC Manager : Mr Colin Tomlinson Tel : 01493 841307 |
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| Operational Area : Haile Sand Fort to Southwold |
Search and Rescue Headquarters
| Chief Coastguard:
Mr Rod Johnson Tel: 023 80839 647 E-mail : rod.johnson@mcga.gov.uk Address: MCA HQ |
SAR operations Manager:
Mr Roly McKie Tel 023 80329 108 E-mail: Â roly.mckie@mcga.gov.uk@mcga.gov.uk Address: MCA HQ |
| UK SAR Committee:
Mrs Rebecca Binstead Tel: 023 80329 486 E-Mail: Rebecca.Binstead@mcga.gov.uk Address MCA HQ |
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[...] Remember your life depends on the weather. As a kayaker I use online forecasts to check the weather conditions prior to launch. It is also a good idea to check with the coastguard prior to launch and to monitor channel 16 vhf for weather updates and warnings. Also remember to submit a paddle plan to your local coastguard station. [...]