The RNLI will begin posting its lifeguards on Exmouth Beach again from this weekend.

Despite the difficulties of the Coronavirus pandemic, the RNLI is speeding up its lifeguard service roll-out and upping the number of beaches provided with a lifeguard service this summer.

The charity is hoping to have lifeguards on around 65 beaches in the region by early July – 72 percent of the beaches it would patrol in a normal summer.

There are currently 22 beaches across the South West with a lifeguard service in operation with the teams adapting to new ways of working.

As of this Saturday (June 20), additional lifeguard patrols will start at the following beaches in Devon and Cornwall: Exmouth, Bantham, Sedgewell Cove, Tregonhawke, Sharrow, Portreath, Chapel Porth, Holywell Bay, Treyarnon, Harlyn, Trebarwith, and Crooklets. Bringing the total number of lifeguarded beaches to 34 across the South West.

For more information on which beaches have a lifeguard service click here.