One person is still missing after huge waves dragged tourists bathing in a natural pool out to sea in Tenerife.

A 55-year-old woman, a 35-year-old man, and another man were declared dead at the natural pool of Crab Island in the shadow of the dramatic volcanic cliffs of Los Gigantes.

A large wave swell crashed into the group of ‘middle-aged’ bathers, some foreign tourists, sweeping them away into the Atlantic Ocean at 4pm on Sunday.

Air ambulances were seen plucking people out of the water and whisking them to safety.

One woman was revived from cardiac arrest by paramedics and was airlifted to the Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria Hospital by helicopter. Another 39-year-old woman suffered ‘moderate trauma’ and was taken to hospital where she remains.

Emergency services remain in the are

See Full Page