This morning the brand new coast watch station at the Canvey Island Yacht Club was formally opened this morning by her Worship the Mayor of Castle Point. With the new designation 'Canvey NCI' the new station will be the new home of local Coast Watch volunteers after they left their station at Hole Haven by the old Occidental jetty further around the seafront last year.
The new station hosts state of the art monitoring equipment to help keep those who use the estuary and our coastline safe.
A massive thank you to everyone who donated their time and money to build the new station, to the Canvey Island Yacht Club and HM Coastguard for their support, and to the local volunteers who give up their spare time to help keep us safer in the water.