The search for a 14-year-old boy who was swept out to sea at a popular holiday resort has been called off.
The youngster was washed off the breakwater in Porthcawl, south Wales, by a wave on friday night.
A spokesman for Swansea Coastguard said the search had been abandoned, almost 24 hours after he went missing.
The boy has not been seen since about 6.30pm on Friday when Swansea Coastguard received 999 calls.
A coastguard spokesman said two members of the town's lifeboat crew got in the water to try and save him but could not reach the boy in time.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the survival time in the sea at this time of year was estimated to be about three hours.
Conditions when he was swept away were said to be moderate to rough, with a higher-than-average high tide.
RNLI spokesman Ian Stroud said the search moved to its recovery phase in the afternoon and a low-water search was carried out when the tide dropped this afternoon, but nothing was found.
Mr Stroud said: "All we know is that he was washed off the front of the breakwater here and very quickly disappeared out to sea. He was with friends and there were fishermen on scene. At this time of year in the holidays we get a lot coming down. We have got exceptionally big tides at the moment and last night the sea was very rough."
Teams have scoured a stretch of the Bristol Channel coastline more than five miles long as part of the major search operation.
