A man attempting to walk between Shanklin and Ventnor has been rescued after becoming cut off by the tide at Luccombe.
It was at around 13:15 this afternoon (Saturday) that HM Coastguard was alerted to the walker’s plight, with a reported location given as the inaccessible Luccombe Bay.
Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team was immediately tasked to the area, with Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat paged to launch.
It didn’t take long for Bembridge’s Tamar-class lifeboat to arrive on scene, with the smaller Y-Boat deployed in choppy waters to reach the casualty located on the rocks.
He has found himself in difficulty due to a rising tide, leaving him no where to go.
Thankfully, the conditions allowed for a safe extrication by sea with the man swiftly transferred into the daughter boat and then onto the lifeboat, before being taken back to Bembridge Lifeboat Station.
The incident has now concluded.
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This chap be made to donate to the enlightened after there call out he must of seen the tide coming in
We all make mistakes. Presumably, even you.