West Mersea lifeboat station has been organising a Boxing Day Dip for the past 14 years which is an incredibly popular event, raising over £3000 each year.

We have had up to 180 people doing the Dip and well over 1000 watching this event which has now become a tradition in Mersea and we are very sad not to be doing it this year but with the Covid-19 restrictions in place it will be impossible to run the event.

You can help to make up our loss of funds this year in Mersea by making a donation here - and you won’t even have to get cold or wet! All at West Mersea lifeboat and the fundraising guild would be extremely grateful.

West Mersea lifeboat has been saving lives at sea since 1963 and this year has seen just as many rescues and medivacs from the island as in recent years.

Thank you