Tributes have been paid to a father-of-seven who died while "saving his kids' lives" after they got into difficulty off the coast of north Wales.
Jonathan Stevens, 36, from Telford, Shropshire was reportedly caught in a rip tide as he attempted to pull some of his children to safety from the sea in Barmouth.
Police and the Coastguard were called to assist with the incident just before 2pm on Sunday.
Mr Stevens, also known to friends as Joff, was recovered from the water and taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital by air ambulance but he later died.
In a statement issued to North Wales Live, his partner Laura Burford, 34, who was at home in Telford when the incident happened, said there were no words to describe her pain.
“I am absolutely devastated to say that I have lost the complete love of my life," she said.
“All seven of his beautiful kids have lost their dad. He died saving his kids’ lives in the sea.
“I will always be grateful to (him) for bringing our babies back. I love him, always have, and always will.”
Ms Burford's sister Farah Parsons told Wales Online: "Joff is all our hero. My sister and her children are beside themselves as is everyone.
"Joff was a well loved person by everyone."
A Gofundme page has been set up by a friend of the family, Mel Plowman.
As of Monday afternoon more than £3,500 had been raised to help Ms Burford with any extra costs the family may be facing.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said teams had been busy dealing with multiple search and rescue incidents across the Welsh coast on Sunday.
Along with the incident in Barmouth, Gwynedd, it said the Abersoch Coastguard Rescue Team was called to help three people in the water at Hell’s Mouth.
The casualties were said to be suffering from suspected hypothermia and were given medical care, the agency said.
Meanwhile, Aberdovey Coastguard Rescue Team was called at 2.45pm to reports of three people in the water at Aberdovey, resulting in one man being taken to hospital.
On Saturday a man in his 40s died after being pulled from the sea at Pedn Vounder Beach, near Porthcurno, in west Cornwall.
