Two paddle boarders were rescued from the coast of Ballintoy in North Antrim this afternoon.
The alarm was raised around 3:30pm.
Coastguard teams from Ballycastle and Coleraine attended the incident along with lifeboats from Redbay and Portrush.
A police helicopter and a coastguard rescue helicopter also attended.
Two people were winched to safety.
We were tasked by @MCA_media earlier to assist the search for 2 paddle boarders who were in distress off Ballintoy. Police46 responded. @PortrushRNLI located them and they were winched to the safety of dry land by the Coastguard helicopter, Rescue 199. pic.twitter.com/krTMi5jttX
— PSNI Air Support (@PSNIAirSupport) October 10, 2021