Emergency services rushed to Aberdeen Beach this morning, after false reports of a person in the water.
The Scottish Ambulance Service, coastguard teams and the RNLI were all called to the scene near Aberdeen Pier.
However, within an hour of being called, services were stood down, describing it as a “false alarm”.
The incident happened around 8.30am this morning, with onshore crews stationed west of Beach Boulevard.
Several emergency vehicles including an ambulance, incident response unit and two coastguard trucks were parked along the Esplanade.
Crew were seen down on the beach with wearing blue boiler suits and using binoculars while others walked up and the paths up and down the Esplanade.
The RNLI small inshore lifeboat skimmed along the water close to the shore, while the larger lifeboat remained at a distance.
The well-intentioned search efforts caught the attention of a large group of tourists who were wandering through the Footdee area and along the beach.
A spokesman for the coastguard in Aberdeen said: “We were called by the Scottish Ambulance Service at around 8.45am this morning to assist with an incident at Aberdeen Pier.
“It is understood that there are reports of a person in the water.
“We tasked Aberdeen RNLI teams to assist.”
He later confirmed that it was a false alarm.
The ambulance service left the scene around 10am.
We have asked the Scottish Ambulance Service to comment.
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