The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a registered charity that saves lives at sea. It provides, on call, 24-hour, year round service necessary to cover search and rescue requirements 100 miles out from the coast of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

Hayling Island Lifeboat Station is situated on the South East corner of the Island, known locally as Sandy Point. It overlooks the entrance to Chichester Harbour which enables quick access to the whole of Chichester Harbour, the harbour bar and the adjacent sands and shingle banks which are known as the East and West Pole Sands. The area of Chichester Harbour is 22 sq miles at high tide and 11 sq miles at low tide.

The station has two inshore lifeboats, an Atlantic 85, B Class lifeboat Derrick Battle and a D Class lifeboat (IB1) Amanda James & Ben. Both boats are operational 24/7 all year round and cover an area 15 nautical miles from the lifeboat station. See our boats for more details.