A teenage girl has been rescued after getting caught in a rip-tide while swimming of the south coast.
Falmouth Coastguard were called to Pendower Beach in Portscatho at1pm after it was reported that the girl was struggling against a rip-tide.
A spokesman from the coastguard said: "She managed to get back to the beach herself but there were concerns that she had ingested sea water and that she was hypothermic."
A search and rescue crew from RNAS Culdrose took her to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro where she remains.
The Portscatho Cliff Rescue team also assisted in the incident.
