It operates two lifeboats, Atlantic 85 The Gladys Mildred (B-821) and D-class (IB1) Enid Mary (D-773).

A 'new kaye' was authorised in 1439 to provide a safe harbour during bad weather on the north coast of Cornwall.

The station was reopened in 1940 to house a motor lifeboat during World War II, but closed permanently in 1945, after which the building was used by the local council.

[5] A new lifeboat station opened on the harbour side at Newquay in June 1965.

[3] Members of the lifeboat crew were awarded RNLI silver and bronze medals for a meritorious rescue of the SS Osten which ran aground in a storm on 17 December 1917.