The St Peter Port Lifeboat “Spirit of Guernsey” was launched at 16:20 and Air Search 1 alerted after a member of the public had reported to the police that they had observed 2 kayaks on the South coast, and that a little later only 1 was returning with the other drifting empty.

 The missing kayaker was located on rocks off Icart point and the lifeboat was directed to the scene arriving at 16:33, where the casualty was recovered from the rocks suffering from hypothermia and injuries to his legs.