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Search for missing man along coast stood down

Cameron Weldonand
Caroline Robinson,South West
News imageBBC An image of a Coastguard truck on Greenaway Beach in Polzeath. There is one driving off the beach and another parked in the background. There are members coastguard in the usual blue uniform around the vehicles. BBC
The coastguard said crews were called out to reports of a man in the water near Greenaway Beach, Polzeath

A search for a man who is missing after getting into difficulty near a beach has been stood down.

HM Coastguard said it received reports at about 16:35 BST on Sunday of a man in the water at Greenaway Beach in Polzeath, Cornwall.

It said the Polzeath and Boscastle Coastguard Rescue Teams, a coastguard helicopter and RNLI lifeboats from Padstow and Rock were called to the scene along with Devon and Cornwall Police and paramedics.

Police said the man remained missing. The coastguard said on Monday the search had been "stood down pending further information".

A coastguard spokesperson added a second man reported to have gone into the water managed to get back to land safely by himself.

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