Police investigate coasteering death off the Gower peninsular

South Wales are investigating the death of a man taking part in the extreme sport of coasteering off the Gower Peninsula. Two other people are being treated in hospital after an incident on Tuesday.

Coastguards said they were in a party who were taking part in coasteering which involves swimming, jumping and climbing cliffs. The man who died was pulled out of the water at Mewslade Bay near Worms Head at around 1200 GMT.

It is understood that the man - thought to be in his mid to late 20s - became separated from the group and could have been thrown against rocks by the rough sea. He was winched from rocks and airlifted by the RAF crew from Chivenor in Devon to Swansea's Singleton Hospital where he later died.

A Morriston Hospital spokeswoman said two people were being treated and both were in a stable condition.

Bernie Kemble, watch manager with Swansea Coastguard, said when rescuers reached the coasteerers "one of the guys on the rocks was in a bad way. The helicopter arrived and winched him up pretty quickly and took him to Singleton Hospital when later he was pronounced dead." He described the weather at the time as "atrocious, with a south westerly wind, gale force eight, poor visibility and rough seas".

The RAF spokesperson said the coasteerers were appropriately dressed for the activity. The group of four were said to be dressed appropriately, wearing wetsuits, buoyancy aids and hard hats.

The RAF spokesperson said: "They were the wrong weather conditions for what's a fun thing to do on a nice day."

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