A fifty-one-year-old man is missing after being swept out to sea while scattering ashes in North Cornwall.
The man was last seen at Trebarwith Strand, near Tintagel, when he was caught by a large wave late on Saturday afternoon.
Two other members of the group he was with went into the sea in an attempt to rescue him but were unsuccessful.
Despite an extensive search by rescue teams the man is yet to be found. The search is expected to resume later.
'Unfavourable conditions'
Two coastguard rescue teams from Boscastle and Port Isaac, the Padstow RNLI Lifeboat and a search and rescue helicopter from RMB Chivenor all assisted the operation during a four hour search for the man on Saturday.
Neil Oliver, Falmouth Coastguard watch manager, said conditions had been "unfavourable with gale force winds and rough seas".
A spokeswoman from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said a shoreline search would take place at low tide by two coastguard rescue teams from Boscastle.
She added it was unclear whose ashes the man had been scattering.
Mike England, from Padstow Lifeboat, said: "It's a great shame someone was doing something for a family and they end up getting washed off."
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It is unclear whose ashes the man had been scattering at Trebarwith Strand
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