NCI Prawle Point

02/09/2026

Our watchkeepers had the vessel in view and were able to give bearing and lat long to HMCG Falmouth following PANPAN

29/08/2026

We are always sad to lose watchkeepers, but want to thank them for their time and commitment to watchkeeping at Prawle Point.
David H has had to step down due to on going medical reasons. We wish you well David.

Lizzie has increasing family commitments, and with a lengthy journey to the lookout, she has resigned. Thanks for your time at Prawle Point.

Nancy has held the position of training officer for the last couple of years, a role she has fulfilled admirably, having been a watchkeeper for several years. After a short break during the early Summer, she has now made the decision to step down, and pursue other activities. We shall miss her. Thank you Nancy for all your hard work ensuring the training of new recruits runs smoothly, and our watchkeeper complement maintained.

27/08/2026

Our Summer opening hours will finish on September 7th.
We will close at 1700 hours from Monday September 8th.

12/08/2026

Having made a buddy call this evening to our solo evening watchkeeper, it appears he is not on his own up there. Prawle Point is a fantastic viewpoint for the solar eclipse.
What a fabulous evening for a " solo" watch

09/08/2026

This broke out very quickly at 11.15 this morning, clearly visible from the lookout. Resulting in the (only) lane down to the lookout being closed once the fire appliances arrived (we rang 999, and so did others). We could not leave the watch until about 4pm, and only then as I managed to speak to a fireman, who let us through. They were still damping down, and we saw several flare ups through the afternoon. 3 fire appliances, and one control appliance, plus local farmers supplying water from bowsers and cutting the grass as low as they could to make a fire break.
Our thanks must go to the emergency services, and local farmers

06/08/2026

Many of our watchkeepers will be very pleased to see this

𝐑𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭
𝐖𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞.

One carriageway now has its top surface of fresh, shiny tarmac ready for vehicles. The other carriageway will have the pumping pipes removed, repairs completed, and prepared for its new surface. Traffic flow has been altered while this work takes place, so please drive with extra care around the site.

Concrete chambers are being removed from the taxi rank manhole, roundabout line markings are being reinstated, and a handful of final tasks are being wrapped up. It’s a busy few days ahead, but the end is now firmly in sight.

𝐖𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

29/07/2026

Our website problems have finally been fixed and it is now back up and running.

Don't forget our website is a great place to see current weather conditions, live views of the sea E and W of the Lookout as well as tide times and local weather forecasts.

https://nci-prawlepoint.org.uk

The outage was due to a security vulnerability at Wordpress which meant that many thousands of website had to be restored from old backups. That's why we were missing for 2+ days.

Prawle Point NCI is one of around 60 National Coastwatch (NCI) stations along the coast of England and Wales helping to assure the safety of those at sea and walkers on the coast path. We form part of the constellation of search and rescue organisations who strive endlessly to assist those in distre...

26/07/2026

An interesting watch this morning. As we logged on at 8.30 we spotted a large dark " object" in the sea just below the lookout in Western Cove. It didn't move for ages, then suddenly we spotted its eyes and a fin ! Then it went back to sleep ! A couple of hours later it disappeared, returning with a friend !
We had two large seals in the water below for the whole of our watch ! We began to wonder if they had eaten too many octopuses !! (Do seals eat octopus ? They are in abundance now )