She told me that you fell off your board and got caught in a rip tide and Vince had to go out to get you where he almost drowned himself.
‘If you get caught in a rip tide, you should not try to swim against it,’ said Dave.
Rip currents, sometimes called rip tides, can happen when Longshore currents, which move parallel to the beach, bounce seaward because of a change in the bottom's structure.
Five Narberth children caught in a rip tide off Morfa Bychan beach last Wednesday were lucky to escape with minor injuries.
One rescuer said: ‘I could tell he was quite a strong swimmer but these rip tides are difficult for anyone if you go out too far.’
The tiny but sturdy craft was tossed precariously by the rip tides created in the close waterway.
To ignore warning signs of strong currents, king waves or rip tides may have lethal consequences.
19 Chinese migrant workers drowned in the fierce rip tide while picking cockles for just 11p an hour.
Although they say they have not had a major problem with rip tides here because of the direction in which the wind is flowing at this particular time.
The area is known for numerous drownings, with people unfamiliar with the area being caught out by rip tides.