HM Coastguard received multiple 999 calls at around 10:15 this morning after a motorised paraglider crashed into the water off Worthing Pier.
Coastguard rescue teams and RNLI lifeboats from Littlehampton and Shoreham were sent along with the ambulance service.
The paraglider was able to self-recover to the shore and has been passed into the care of the ambulance service to be checked over.