It seems so unusual how they got into trouble.
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The men who died at the beach on Wednesday were in their teens and 20s and all from south east London.
All three men were rescued from the sea by emergency services. died on the beach rammed with a reported 30 thousand people, despite the efforts of paramedics to save them. A third person was rescued at 2.35pm.
The bodies of a further two men were found in the water between 8.15pm and 8.45pm.
The RNLI said it was providing extra lifeguards this weekend after Rother District Council accepted its offer to provide them.
“Police drove on to the beach with a loudspeaker, telling people not to go into the water until further notice”.
The MCA said that the search units included the Rye and Dungeness coastguard rescue teams, the coastguard helicopter from Lydd, the Rye inshore lifeboat, the Dungeness all-weather lifeboat and the independent lifeboat from Pett.
Two more bodies have been found at Camber Sands, taking the number to five in total, the RNLI has confirmed.
“There are no deep shelves there and the beach is known to be very, very safe”, they told The Independent.
“And there are no massive rip currents”.
A member of the public discovered the footwear after seeing a female swimmer dive into the sea at 8am.
A HM Coastguard spokesman said: ‘Someone working in the beach office called the coastguard to say that a woman who entered the water about 40 minutes earlier had not returned.
It was the second serious incident to take place recently at Camber Sands, which with its sand dunes has always been a popular destination for beachgoers.
Last month, a 19-year-old man also died while swimming at Camber Sands.
Hannah Chatfield helped drag one of the men out of the water.
“But I think probably if I was sitting on the local authority or council, I’d say it’s time to revise how they manage the beach and keep it safe”.
More people have started visiting who may not be familiar with the area, they added.
However, a Sussex Police source said last night: “We’ve been advised that there is now nothing to suggest the men were migrants”.
“We continue to work with the RNLI, the emergency services and other partners to identify any additional measures we might need to introduce at the beach in the future”.
Mr Ravi’s younger brother, Ajirthan, 19, said: “There wasn’t any lifeguards cruising around”.
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A petition calling for permanent lifeguards at the beach has now got over 7,000 signatures.
