Fishing in Fog

Holyhead Coastguard has helped 57 anglers to safety on Saturday evening after they were lost in fog on sands at Talacre Beach near Prestatyn, North Wales.

At 6pm Holyhead Coastguard were alerted by Rhyl Coastguard Rescue Team who had come across a large group of anglers, taking part in a competition, who had become lost and disorientated on the sands after thick fog came down. The majority of the group reached the shore and after the Coastguard made a head count, five people were still missing.

Hoylake and Rhyl RNLI lifeboats attended the scene, but the search was hampered by the fog even after Holyhead Coastguard managed to establish a communications link by mobile phone with the missing party. Rescuers were unable to use either flares or search with a rescue helicopter due to the fog. By about 8pm, the missing men were finally guided back to the shore through the use of sirens on the Coastguard Rescue vehicle.