A swimmer has been missing since Tuesday afternoon after getting into difficulty in the water as 14 people have died over the past week during the UK's heatwave.
Five others were pulled from the water after a "serious" incident close to Clacton Pier, it was reported.
HM Coastguard told the BBC they were responding to "a report of multiple people in the water", saying: "Five people have been rescued, with the search still ongoing for a sixth male."
