THREE men, two women and a young child have died in separate incidents off the British coast amid strong winds and stormy conditions.
A man who got into trouble outside the safe swim area at Sandbanks beach in Poole, Dorset, at around 3.30pm on Saturday, is the latest to be reported dead.
The victim, who was seen having difficulties in the rip current, was recovered from the water by lifeguards who performed CPR, Dorset Police said.
An air ambulance and paramedics attended, but the man, believed to be in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
He is believed to have had a cardiac arrest, a spokeswoman for South Western Ambulance Service said.
Five others have died along British coastlines this weekend.
A mother and son, who have been named by police as Julie Walker (37) and Lucas Walker, six, died in hospital after a rescue operation at Aberdeen beach on Saturday afternoon.
A total of five people were pulled from the water and taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Lucas's brother, Samuel, who bravely entered the water in an attempt to save his mother and brother, is making a "steady recovery" in hospital, police said.
A woman, in her 30s, died in hospital after getting into difficulties while swimming with a man near Green Island in Jersey on Saturday at around 8.30pm.
The man was helped to safety by members of the public, while a lifeboat managed to locate the woman who had been swept along the coast by the current, said RNLI St Helier.
She was taken to hospital but later died, Jersey Police said.
Rudy Bruynius, who has been named online, was with wife Lisinda and their daughter McKayla when they were caught up by a large wave at Fistral Beach on the north-west coast of Cornwall on Saturday.
Mr Bruynius, who is originally from South Africa but was living in London, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead, while McKayla was reported to be in a critical condition.
Two other children in the family managed to scramble back on to the rocks, the RNLI said.
A fundraising page, set up to support the family, has raised over £14,000.
Family friend Madelein Jansen Van Noordwyk posted a message from Lisinda which said: "Thank you all so much for your prayers!!!"
A windsurfer, in his 60s, has also died.
The man, who was rescued by RNLI lifeboats off the coast of West Mersea, Essex, at around midday on Saturday, died in hospital in Colchester.
An Essex Police spokesman said they were trying to establish the events leading up to his death.
