A 20-year-old man died after getting into difficulties while swimming in the sea in northwest Wales on bank holiday Monday, police said.
Police and rescue teams from the RNLI and coastguard were involved in an operation to rescue the man, who had trouble swimming in the Barmouth, Gwynedd area.
He was found shortly before 8pm and taken to hospital by air ambulance, where he died.
Police appealed for witnesses.
Det Insp Richard Griffith, of North Wales Police, said: “We are appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident and who has not yet spoken to police or may have any footage to contact police quoting reference 24000477242.
“Our thoughts remain with the family of the man who we continue to support, and the coroner has been informed.”
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