Two women were arrested following reports of children in the water at a Welsh beach on Tuesday evening (November 17).
A Tesco delivery driver raised the alarm that two adults and four children were apparently night swimming in Caswell Bay near Swansea.
At 8.50pm, Mumbles and Oxwich Coastguard crews, South Wales Police, and a rescue helicopter from MoD St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan all responded to the report of people in the water in pitch black and dangerous conditions at high tide.
When the emergency services arrived at Caswell Bay all six people were back on the beach and two women were subsequently arrested in connection with the incident.
Following the incident, Mumbles Coastguard tweeted: "Pitch darkness, high tide, blowing a force 4 is not the place for your children's swimming lessons."
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Police said a 34-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a vehicle and child neglect and a 33 year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of child neglect.
They remain in police custody.
An RNLI lifeboat was also dispatched but was stood down before they arrived at the scene.
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A spokeswoman for South Wales Police said: "We received a call concerned for the welfare of an adult and children in the sea at Caswell Bay at about 8.40pm yesterday.
"Officers attended along with the Coastguard.
"A 34-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a vehicle and child neglect, a 33-year-old woman has also been arrested on suspicion of child neglect. They remain in police custody."
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