A paddleboarder was rescued after she became stranded on rocks near North Stack on the hottest day of the year so far.

The woman became was swept along into one ot the coves after she became caught in a tidal race late on Thursday evening.

The RNLI's inshore lifeboat from Holyhead was sent out at shortly before 9.40pm and found her within minutes.

After being taken back to the shore at Holyhead within the hour and given safety advice, she contacted the station the following day to thank the crew.

She said: "I was captured by the strong current on my SUP board. I managed to stay calm and float with it until I got to shore. At this point I was happy to be alive. Then I called 999 and asked for the Coastguard. They said you’d be coming, and the rescue was there in no time."

"I was very lucky that I had phone reception and could ring for help, as it was getting dark and my position was hopeless. Thanks again for rescuing me."

The paddleboarder also asked the crew for recommendations for a good flotation device.

An RNLI Holyhead spokesperson said: "It's always recommended that anyone who goes out on the water (even on a lovely, seemingly calm day) wear a suitable buoyancy aid or lifejacket, and have a means of calling for help."

Dave Owens, lifeboat operations manager at Holyhead RNLI added: "Once again, the crew headed out, despite the extreme heat, to rescue someone they had never met, so a huge thank you to them all."

"I'd also like to praise the casualty for knowing exactly what to do once she realised she was in trouble, which enable us to get to her before darkness fell, and sea conditions deteriorated."

Elsewhere, RNLI crews at Beaumaris were called out to deal with three shouts in just twelve hours.

On Thursday evening, Two children on paddleboarders near Penmaenmawr and two paddleboarders near Llanfairfechan were rescued by mobile coastguards from Bangor after getting into difficulty.

An early morning incident was also reported on Friday near the shore off Castle Island in the Menai Strait but it was quickly resolved.

A RNLI Beuamaris spokesperson said: "The members of the public who alerted the coastguard to these incidents did the correct thing. It is far better for us to be launched and not required than not to have been alerted to a potential incident."