The man, 42, was on a paddling board and fell into the water near Rock Beach, Cornwall on Monday.
British man dies on beach in Cornwall, UK: Police say he got tangled up in the moorings in rocky seas near to Polzeath.
James Instance, from Falmouth Coastguard, said: ‘A couple of people had been out on paddle boards on the Camel Estuary with a flooding tide.
‘With the water moving quite quickly, they had come off the boards and then got tangled in moorings in the area.