National Coastwatch Institution

The objective of the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) is to support the UK Coastguard in the protection and preservation of life at sea and along the coast.

If you are in the area, for local maritime information, current weather conditions and sea state and radio checks please call NCI Newhaven or NCI Shoreham on maritime VHF channel 65. They also broadcast the local weather on VHF65 at 08:30, 11:30, 14:30 and 17:30. (The 17:30 broadcast is for British Summer Time period only

NCI is open from 08:00 until 20:00 in the Summer (BST) and 08:00 to sunset in the Winter (GMT)