Emergency services have launched a search for a missing swimmer at Camber Sands in East Sussex, the RNLI has said.
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“A search is now under way for the woman, involving Rye and Dungeness Coastguard Rescue Teams, the coastguard helicopter from Lydd, Rye inshore lifeboat, the Dungeness all-weather lifeboat, the independent PETT Rescue lifeboat and the police”.
Five friends died at the beach on Wednesday, and relatives of some of the men criticised the lack of lifeguards at Camber.
Camber Sands is known for its wide, flat beach and is understood to have a number of sand bars which can become cut off when the tide comes in.
A spokesman said she had been “found safe and well” after going out for a morning swim in the sea.
An RNLI spokesperson said the search for the “potentially missing swimmer” was being co-ordinated by Sussex Police and the coastguard, and that their lifeguards were keeping watch from the beach with binoculars.
“It was believed the woman, who was described as white with dark hair and wearing a black swimming costume, had left a pair of sandals on the beach which had still not been retrieved”.
“A woman matching the description of the swimmer called the RNLI at around 11.45am to identify herself”.
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Mr Ravi’s family said they felt “very angry” at the lack of response from the authorities following the death of another man, Brazilian Gustavo Silva Da Cruz, 19, at Camber last month.
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