RNLI lifeguards rescued a canoeist who was swept away in a rip current and capsized at Godrevy.
Phillip Stevens and Sara Rowe sprang into action after being alerted to the incident by RNLI lifeguard Josh Daniels.
Although the conditions were testing, with a fresh offshore south-easterly wind and a 6ft to 8ft swell, the pair used their rescue watercraft (RWC) to reach the casualty very quickly.
The canoeist had entered the water at Red River and was very quickly swept out in the rip current.
He was hit by a large wave and capsized. By the time the lifeguards arrived, he had lost his canoe, which had been broken in half by the breaking wave.
Sara swam into the surf zone to see what the situation was, while Phillip kept the RWC in a safe position and waited for a signal from Sara to come in to pick them up.
Sara calmed down the casualty and held him on a number of occasions while they were hit by a series of large waves.
She instructed him to take a breath each time and then dived under the white water, pulling the casualty down at the same time. Phillip came in behind the final wave in the set and told Sara that he would pick them both up on the way out.
Unfortunately, just as he was getting ready, a wave hit the RWC causing Phillip to abort. On his next attempt, he successfully picked up Sara and the casualty and they were returned to shore.
The man, who was in his thirties, told the lifeguards that he would not have been able to return to shore without their intervention.
He did not need further medical assistance and after thanking his rescuers he left the scene to be reunited with his wife on the shore.
