Emergency services and rescue teams raced to North Berwick beach after being alerted to a person possibly having difficulty in the water.
Eyewitness report seeing a number of coastguards rush to the harbour in the East Lothian town at around 6pm on Sunday evening, June 18.
HM Coastguard teams from Berwick and Eyemouth, a coastguard helicopter, Berwick RNLI lifeboat, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service and Northumbria Police scrambled to the scene.