Emergency services respond to Piha incident

St John paramedics have been called to a water incident at Piha Beach. Image / Google

Emergency services responded to an incident near Piha Beach early this morning.

St John confirmed it was called at 8.05am to a "water incident" in Piha, West Auckland.

Police confirmed at 8.44am they had received a report that a person had been washed off rocks at Piha.

However, they managed to get back to shore safely.

Police said the person involved was uninjured and safe.