A fishing vessel rescued a child when they drifted away from their father and sibling after a kayak they were in capsized. After the kayak capsized in Ceibwr Bay in Pembrokeshire on Tuesday afternoon the father and one of the two children clung onto a kayak and managed to find safety in a cove.
But the current was too strong for the other child who began drifting away while clinging onto a separate kayak. A walker on the coastal path spotted the child in the water and called 999 at 12.38pm.
A mayday broadcast was sent by HM Coastguard’s maritime rescue coordination centre at Milford Haven and a fishing vessel responded. Moylegrove Coastguard Rescue Team along with the coastguard helicopter based at St Athan and two RNLI lifeboats from Fishguard were also sent.
