Today on International Lifeguard Appreciation Day, the RNLI is celebrating its lifeguards off the coast of Wales saving 315 lives over the past 18 years.
This International Lifeguard Appreciation Day (July 31), the RNLI is celebrating 25 years of its lifeguards keeping people safer on beaches across the UK and Channel Islands.
To celebrate 25 years of the RNLI Lifeguard Service, there was a specially created sand art installation on Tenby's North Beach.
Having started in Cornwall in 2001, the service was rolled out in Wales in 2008 and since then, RNLI lifeguards in Wales have saved 315 lives, completed over 3,000 rescues and have carried out more than 6.5M preventative actions.
The service first began in Wales in Pembrokeshire and RNLI beach lifeguards in the south-west Wales county have saved 164 lives, leading the number of lives saved in Wales.
Figures also show that RNLI lifeguards in Pembrokeshire have rescued 1,799 people and aided a further 15,513.
