A SEARCH was launched after a diver's marker buoy was found with nothing attached to it.
The Swanage D-class inshore lifeboat (ILB) was asked to investigate the surface marker buoy (SMB) that had been seen near Peveril Ledge with no dive boat or other activity in its area at 10.45am yesterday.
A spokesman for Swanage RNLI said: "The ILB launched and was very quickly on scene where another vessel had recovered the SMB with nothing attached and no bubbles or other signs seen.
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"The ILB was asked to perform an expanding square search of the area. While the search was being carried out, a fisheries patrol vessel arrived at the scene and was able to also search but reported nothing found in poor visibility."
Crews were told there had been no reports of drivers missing or in difficulty so they returned to station at midday.
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