A churchgoing father died after diving into shallow water and smashing his head on the seabed at a beauty spot, an inquest heard.
Seyad Shahab Rasaeifa, 45, suffered the traumatic injury on the Black Rock Sands beach in North Wales, after he and his family had travelled from their home in Wolverhampton on the late May Bank Holiday weekend.
Mr Rasaeifa - known as Shabab - was taken to the Royal Stoke Hospital and is understood to have slipped into a coma.
He died four days after the accident on May 25. His cause of death was recorded as a hypoxic brain injury, with his brain starved of oxygen following a cardiac arrest.
Sarah Riley, assistant coroner for North West Wales, recorded a conclusion of an accidental death at a hearing in Caernarfon, Gwynedd.
Black Rock Sands is one of the few beaches in North Wales onto which cars can drive. But its gentle shelf means the tide comes in fast, often catching out visitors.
Seyad Shahab Rasaeifa, 45, tragically suffered a traumatic injury during a family day trip to the Black Rock Sands beach in Gwynedd, North Wales, on May 25
Black Rock Sands is one of the few beaches in North Wales onto which cars can drive. But it's gentle shelf means the tide comes in fast, often catching out visitors
Mr Rasaeifa - known as Shahab - was taken to the Royal Stoke Hospital but died four days after the accident on May 25
Mr Rasaeifa, who was born in Iran, had been a devoted member of St Chad & St Mark's Church in Wolverhampton.
The church asked for its worshippers to pray for his wife, Roya, and their two children, Ayda and Ayha.
It's understood the carpenter was a popular member of the church who loved to play music and used his crafty trade to build a stable for the annual nativity.
Fellow worshippers raised money to help repatriate his body back to his 'grieving parents' in Iran.
In a tribute, a friend said: 'I remember how much he loved music and drums joyfully to God in church. This Iranian traditional sound touched my heart. God bless his soul. God comfort his wife and children.'
The church said: 'With deep sorrow we have learned that our dear brother Shahab Rasaeifa, who was for many years a member of our church family, has tragically passed away.
'Shahab came to the United Kingdom from Iran as a refugee, and later his family was able to join him.
'He has been around our community for a number of years making and playing the Cajan [drum] and building our Stable for our outdoor Nativity.'
The church said 300 members of the Iranian community from across the country gathered to pay their respects to Mr Rasaeifa on May 31.