Shoreham coastguard called after report of a person in the water on Hove seafront
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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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Hide AdAfter two hours of searching, nothing was found and all teams were stood down.
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.”