Four men were feared adrift off the coast of Caithness for over an hour until rescue teams were stood down. RNLI, coastguard and police units were called to Dunnet Bay at around 12.10am on Saturday, June 24, after concerns of a large unknown object floating in the sea.
Locals reported seeing four men dragging an inflatable hot tub to the beach earlier in the day. RNLI Thurso alongside search teams combed the area using Thermal Binoculars in a desperate search for the men.
The lifeboat discovered the inflatable empty around a half mile from shore. Further investigations revealed the men had been found after abandoning the hot tub and swimming back to shore.
