Emergency services responded to a report at around 12.30pm on Sunday (December 1), after a man was seen standing in the water at Selsey beach, adjacent to Kingsway.
There’s been extensive search of Selsey beach involving the coastguard helicopter and rescue teams after reports of a man standing in the water in distress.
The man is described as being between 20 and 30 years old, with black hair and tattoos on his wrists. He was wearing a blue top and black trousers.
Anyone who saw him entering or leaving the water on Sunday is asked to contact police.
Further enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances, and if you witnessed a man entering or exiting the water, or have any information, we ask you contact police online, or by calling 101 quoting reference 521 of 1/12.
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