A GROUP of jetskis riding closely to people swimming and in the water at Sandbanks this weekend has labelled "extremely dangerous".

Visitors to Sandbanks beach reported seeing around 30 people on the watercraft riding dangerously close to people swimming and paddling in the water.

One resident said it was ‘extremely dangerous’ and that the jetskiers were riding 'too fast and too close' to the shoreline.

Russell Trent, who went to the beach with his family on Saturday, November 19 said: “It was a big group, there must have been about 30 of them.

“I’m not sure where they entered the water but I could see them on the Shore Road side in the harbour before seeing them when we were at the beach.

“When they came back along towards Sandbanks they were really close to the shore – far too close and far too fast.

“There were sea dippers and sea swimmers, which is still really popular this time of year.

“It was crazy to see. They should know where to be in the water and what speed they should be going.

“You very rarely see that many all out at the same time.

“They need a heads up that what they did was extremely dangerous.”

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A Dorset Police spokesperson said: “We received a report at 1.50pm on Saturday 19 November 2022 of jet skis riding anti-socially at Sandbanks beach in Poole.

“Officers attended and liaised with partner agencies. The riders were spoken to and educated about the local byelaws.”

Over the summer, patrols to combat “reckless” jet skiing along the Dorset coast took place following reports of water users “fearing for their safety”.

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Officers from the Marine Engagement Team covered areas across the coast following several reports by residents and visitors regarding anti-social behaviour (ASB) and misuse of Personal Watercrafts (PW) in the water.

And in 2021, a Bournemouth man warned ‘someone will be killed’ as a result of antisocial jet ski users, after two trapped him in a current for half an hour.

Anthony Fuller was coming back from a ten mile paddle when the pair started doing doughnuts around him in Poole Harbour.

He said had a person in the same position not had the level of experience he has “they would not be here today".