Thames Coastguard requested the launch of Whitstable Lifeboat, along with Sheerness Inshore Lifeboat,  following a large disturbance on the beach at Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey. 

Kent Police had reported that two people were missing after the incident, and it was feared that they may have gone into the sea.

The lifeboats searched close inshore between Leysdown and Warden Bay, whilst Sheppey Coastguards carried out a shoreline search, and a police helicopter searched overhead using an infra-red camera.

At 0130 the police confirmed that everyone had now been accounted for, and all units were stood down to return to station.