A woman dies after an incident at Southbourne beach in Dorset while she is in the sea with her son. Emergency services are called to the area between Fisherman’s Walk and Portman Ravine after members of the public pull the woman from the water. A witness describes seeing the woman suffer a medical emergency in the sea and says CPR is carried out for a prolonged period before emergency responders take over. Dorset Police says it is called at 2.21pm on Monday 22 June 2026 to assist with clearing an area to allow emergency services to attend safely. The woman is pronounced dead shortly afterwards. Police confirm her next of kin is informed and that the coroner has been notified. Dorset Police also states the death is not being treated as suspicious. A Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance takes off later that afternoon. The incident occurs during a period of extreme heat in the UK, with the Met Office forecasting very hot temperatures and issuing a red weather warning for parts of England and Wales during Wednesday through Thursday.
Woman dies after medical emergency in sea at Southbourne beach, Dorset
A woman dies after an incident at Southbourne beach in Dorset while she is in the sea with her son. Emergency services are called to the area between Fisherman’s Walk and Portman Ravine after members...
- A woman dies after a medical emergency while in the sea at Southbourne Beach in Dorset.
- The incident occurs between Fisherman’s Walk and Portman Ravine; the woman is pulled from the water by members of the public.
- Dorset Police is called at 2.21pm on Monday 22 June 2026 and the woman is pronounced dead at the scene shortly afterwards.
- Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious; next of kin are aware and the coroner is notified.
- The incident takes place during a UK heatwave, with the Met Office issuing a red extreme heat warning for parts of England and Wales.
Emergency services rushed to Southborne beach in Dorset (Picture: Dorset Police) A woman has died after being suffering a medical emergency in the sea at a popular beach in Dorset. The woman was pulled out of the water by members of the public on Southbourne Beach between Fisherman’s Walk and Portman Ravine. A beach hut owner told Dorset Echo he witnessed the woman having a medical emergency in the water while with her son. Another local ‘heard all the commotion’ as emergency services arrived to the scene. She added: ‘They were doing CPR for ages and ages, for an awfully long time.’ Sign up for all of the latest stories Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens. A spokesperson for Dorset Police said: ‘At 2.21 pm on Monday 22 June 2026, Dorset Police was called to assist with a medical emergency at Southbourne promenade to clear an area to enable emergency services to attend safely. ‘Sadly, a short time later a woman was pronounced dead at the scene. ‘Her next of kin is aware and the coroner has been notified. ‘The death is not being treated as suspicious.’ A Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance took off from the beach at around 4.30pm. The death comes with a ‘heat-dome’ settling over western Europe could bring temperatures of up to 40C in some parts of England and Wales in the middle part of the week, the Met Office has said. Temperatures for the latest heatwave are likely to overtake the June record set in Hampshire in 1976 by several degrees and could come close to the UK’s all-time high of 40.3C which was measured in July 2022. The hot conditions, which have been very rare in the UK until now, will be accompanied by high humidity and very warm nights, which will make it hard for people to recover overnight, the forecaster warned. A red weather warning for extreme heat covering an area stretching from London to Swansea and Somerset to Birmingham was issued by the Met Office from 9am on Wednesday to 9pm on Thursday. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
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