Red Flare Sighting in Tasman Sea

Ivan Talley Rescue

Coastguard West Coast volunteers were put on standby on Saturday 26th June when a red flare was sighted over the Tasman Sea offshore from Barry Town near Greymouth, at 8.35pm.    A possible vessel sighting was subsequently reported and a helcopter with night vision was dispatched but could not locate anything.  The Ivan Talley Rescue and its volunteer crew was stood down by Police at 10pm.