At around 01:00 today the Coastguard was alerted to the flare, they subsequently deployed the St. Peter Port all weather lifeboat, Spirit of Guernsey, the Inshore lifeboat, Margaret Milligan, and a Channel Island Air Search crew to search the area.
Conditions were noted as being “fair” with “good visibility”, but the crews were unable to find a person or vessel in distress after hours of searching.
The search was called off just after 03:00, with the lifeboats returning to station at 03:30 and the Air Search team returning just before 04:00.