A girl has been confirmed lifeless after swimming of the coast of Cornwall.
The swimmer was pulled from the water at Portreath seaside in Redruth this afternoon.
The lady, who’s believed to be aged round 50, is assumed to have suffered from a cardiac arrest after being rescued from the ocean.
She was declared lifeless on the scene.
Police had been alerted to the incident at round 12.35pm following a report from the ambulance service.
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RNLI lifeguard additionally attended the incident.
Cornwall Reside reported that officers had been known as to the seaside to help paramedics as the favored spot was stuffed with sunbathers on the time.
Police have but to determine the lady or contact her subsequent of kin.
Suggestions for open water swimmers
Pre-plan
Take into consideration the water temperature and climate. Plan your exit earlier than you get into the water and think about currents, tidal circulation and wind path.
Have the proper gear
Wetsuits assist to handle publicity to chilly water and insulate in opposition to the chilly. Additionally they maintain you buoyant. Put on a brightly colored swim hat and take a tow float and whistle to draw consideration.
Know your limits
Handle the impression of chilly water shock by coming into the water slowly, ensuring you have got management of your respiratory earlier than beginning your swim. All open water swimming ought to happen in water at 11 levels or above, except you’re an skilled and competent chilly water swimmer. By no means swim alone and swim parallel to the shoreline.
Keep secure
When you do get into issue, it’s essential you don’t panic. Keep calm and float in your again till you possibly can management your respiratory after which proceed to swim as soon as once more or sign for assist.
Portreath seaside, like all seashores in Cornwall, experiences tides.
Its spring tidal vary could be noticeable, significantly affecting water depth.
Beachgoers could be taken without warning by rapidly altering tides, the Met Workplace has warned.
It comes a day after a girl in her 60s died after drowning off a seaside in Lincolnshire.
Emergency companies pulled the swimmer out of the water at Skegness Seashore at about 5.30pm on Saturday.
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