
Fears are growing for a teenage boy who has been missing in the sea overnight.
The teen was swimming with two others when they got into difficulty in the water off Marloe Sands in Pembrokeshire, at 3.30pm on Sunday.
The two others managed to pull themselves to safety but the third boy vanished.
A helicopter has been seen scouring the coastline looking for the missing teen.
A spokesperson for HM Coastguard said at around 3.30pm on Sunday, it received a report of three people in difficulty in the water and requiring assistance at Marloes, Pembrokeshire.
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The spokesperson said: ‘Two of the three people self-rescued and one person remains unaccounted for.’
The coastguard are still conducting a maritime search as part of a multi-agency response to the missing boy.
Dyfed-Powys Police asked the public to avoid Marloes Sands just before 6pm on Sunday.
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