RNLI Salcombe All Weather Lifeboat- The Baltic Exchange III launched yesterday evening along with Hope Cove Lifeboat, Rescue Helecopter 924 and the Coastguard in response to a call that a kite surfer had got into in difficulty off Burgh Island. En route to the incident reports came through of other people in the water.

Once there they found only one casualty in immediate danger, but with the position of that person and the sea conditions it was soon decided that the safest method of rescue would be by helecopter winch.

With the casualty successfully winched to safety and returned to the beach, and the two other surfers accounted for all emergency services were stood down and returned to their stations.