A DIVER was airlifted after showing symptoms of the bends.

Coastguards were alerted to dive vessel Skin Deep, off Portland, after the woman made a rapid ascent.

She was flown to Poole and taken by ambulance to the compression chamber.

Several vessels responded after dive vessel Chinaman broke down off Portland - with one diver still in the water.

The nearby Audrey took him back to Chinaman, which repaired its engine and headed into Weymouth.

Elsewhere, it was a busy weekend.

A yacht with three people aboard suffered engine failure off Hengistbury Head, near Bournemouth.

Local vessel Swallow towed the Contessa 32 Eymet into Poole Harbour.

A 13-year-old girl was taken to hospital after injuring her ankle at Studland.

The Lyme Regis RNLI inshore lifeboat helped out the local vessel Rianda, with two people aboard, when it broke down.

A man fell into the water at St Alban's Head.

Coastguard teams, the rescue helicopter, and the Weymouth and Swanage RNLI inshore lifeboats all attended.

The man was recovered but refused to be taken to hospital or receive any medical treatment and left the scene.

Coastguards kept watch on the Rib Snake Bait, carrying three people, as it made its way back to Lyme Regis after suffering engine problems off West Bay.

A woman got lost between Kimmeridge and St Alban's Head but coastguards found her and returned her to her car.

And Wyke coastguards were called after a red flare was spotted near Osmington.

Weymouth lifeboats were launched after another sighting, but nothing was found.