Shoreham coastguard called after report of a person in the water on Hove seafront

An RNLI lifeboat from Shoreham was launched in Hove around 12.30pm today, along with a Coastguard helicopter, following reports of a person in the water.
By Sam Pole
Published 25th Oct 2022, 18:03 BST
Updated 25th Oct 2022, 18:05 BST
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Shoreham Coastguard utilised resources from Shoreham RNLI, Brighton RNLI, Newhaven Coastguard and Sussex Police to search for a person who was believed to be in difficulty.

A coastguard helicopter rescue 175 was also used in the search on the beach by the King Alfred Leisure Centre.

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After two hours of searching, nothing was found and all teams were stood down.

An RNLI lifeboat from Shoreham was launched in Hove around 12.30pm today, along with a Coastguard helicopter, following reports of a person in the water. Picture by Eddie Mitchell.An RNLI lifeboat from Shoreham was launched in Hove around 12.30pm today, along with a Coastguard helicopter, following reports of a person in the water. Picture by Eddie Mitchell.
An RNLI lifeboat from Shoreham was launched in Hove around 12.30pm today, along with a Coastguard helicopter, following reports of a person in the water. Picture by Eddie Mitchell.

A tweet from Shoreham Lifeboat said: “Our all weather lifeboat was launched at lunchtime today to search for a person in the water reported to be in difficulty off #Hove along with @RNLIBrighton @ShorehamCG @NCGIncident & CG coastguard helicopter rescue 175.

"After searching nothing was found #RNLI #GoodIntent.”

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