We arrived to find around 30 people on the sandbanks and were all in fact being cut off by the rapidly rising tide. We immediately donned the appropriate PPE (Lifejackets, Helmets).
We were informed by the Conwy County Borough Council Seaboard Inspector that he had already tried to warn people of the dangers but was ignored. We stood on the edge of the sandbanks on the 'beach side' and used whistles to attract attention. The People were peppered all along the sandbanks so this made it a bit more difficult to attract attention.
We managed to get everybody off safely with the last ones off getting slightly wet. We issued safety advice to all involved and let them on their way.
We were also called out this morning at 07:50 to a Female who had gone for a walk onto the sandbanks. By the time she got back, she was cut off completely. A member of the public signalled her to use the Liferaft moored on the sandbanks while they raised the alarm. The Llandudno RNLI Inshore lifeboat was launched and she was rescued from the sandbanks. She was a French visitor visiting Llandudno on a two day trip. We checked if she needed medical attention and advised her about the dangers before we were returned to station.
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