In Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, conditions are no easier for the lifeboat crew who find themselves operating in stormy waters. While in the Cornish town of Perranporth, the weather presents a different set of problems for the lifeguards.

An elderly woman falls awkwardly on the Isle of Wight, but there's no way of getting her out except by air. In Perranporth, one girl has taken her mother's warning not to talk to strangers very literally, which makes it doubly hard for the lifeguards to reunite her with her mom, and more children are in trouble at sea, but there aren't enough lifejackets to go around.

The RNLI and Coastguard helicopter respond to an incident at a Dorset beauty spot. A cruise boat in Falmouth, Cornwall, offers its passengers an excursion they weren't expecting.

A young man is taken by surprise by the surf at Perranporth in Cornwall. In the Solent, Whisky Bravo responds to a tanker anchored in heavy seas when a crewman is badly injured. While off the Isle of Wight, a ferry is circling a stricken yacht to protect it until the lifeboat can find them.

What starts as a gentle walk along the beach to lay some flowers for a friend turns into a full Coastguard and RNLI rescue for one woman in Beachy Head. In Cornwall unusual weather conditions expose a hundred year old shipwreck, creating dangerous conditions for lifeguards and swimmers alike. And on the Isle of Wight it's not a shipwreck that is posing problems, but a sandbank.

A summer's drink lands two men in trouble: one calls the Falmouth Lifeboat when he can't find his way home; the other requires a full-scale helicopter rescue from an inaccessible chalk pit. A game of beach cricket has unexpected consequences for a boy and his mom.