Cornwall beach tragedy as surfer declared dead on the sand and 999 teams swarm

Cornwall beach tragedy as surfer declared dead on the sand and 999 teams swarmEmergency services were called to Towans Beach, in Hayle, Cornwall, where the man suffered a medical episode after surfing and was tragically pronounced dead at the sceneCommentsNewsLisa Letcher and Zahra Khaliq News Reporter16:12, 21 Apr 2026Updated 16:21, 21 Apr 2026View ImageThe man was found at Hayle Towans Beach in Cornwall(Image: Getty)A surfer has tragically died on a beach in Cornwall despite desperate attempts to save him.‌Emergency services raced to Towans Beach, in Hayle, where local man Paul Norman Faulkner, 51, was sadly pronounced dead.‌The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT), Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and Devon and Cornwall Police (DCP) were all in attendance at around 1:25pm on Monday April 13.‌Authorities confirmed the man had suffered a medical episode on the beach after surfing in the Sandy Acres area of Hayle, reports Cornwall Live.A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "We were called by the ambulance service at around 1.25pm on Monday 13 April following a report of a man suffering a medical episode on the beach after surfing around Sandy Acres, Hayle.Article continues below"Sadly, the man was pronounced deceased at the scene. The family of a local man in his 50s have been made aware."An inquest has opened into the death of Mr Faulkner, from St Ives, and will be heard at a later date.