A man drowned at the Le Raffine Beach in Moruga yesterday while trying to rescue his two young children.
Up to late evening, divers were still searching for the body of 38-year-old Nigel Stoute.
Stoute, a labourer, was spending the day at the beach with his family when the incident happened around midday.
His two children, a nine-year-old girl and five-year-old boy, were playing in the water when they began screaming out for help, police said.
Stoute, who lived at Preau Village, Moruga, ran into the water to save his children. But he, too, got into difficulty and went under, police said.
A man who witnessed the ordeal grabbed a bamboo rod and attached an old fishing net to rescue the two frightened children, but he was unable to save their father.
The Coast Guard was called in to search for Stoute.
Cpl Ramdeen of the Moruga Police Station is continuing investigations.
