Horrifying second Brit, 40, slams in opposition to the rocks after misjudging leap into pool of water beneath, struggling ‘severe accidents’, at infamous Tenerife magnificence spot

That is the sickening second a cliff jumper misjudges his leap into the abyss and crashes onto rocks at a infamous magnificence spot in Tenerife as British vacationer buddies watch on in horror.

The 40-year-old man was stretchered away from a sea cave known as Charco El Tancon in Puerto Santiago in northern Tenerife on Monday afternoon, having sustained ‘severe accidents’ to his legs. 

Footage of the brutal harm that emerged in a single day confirmed a bunch of males believed to be mates of the holidaymaker counting down from 5 earlier than he launched himself into the air.

However the man leapt too far, overshooting the ocean and smashing feet-first onto the rocks surrounding the pool dozens of ft beneath. 

The witnesses might be overheard reacting in shock and terror because the unlucky jumper made contact with the rocks earlier than rebounding into the water with clear indicators his accidents included no less than one damaged leg.

Some appeared to have carried out the identical leap moments earlier and have been nonetheless within the water when the sufferer suffered his stomach-turning accident.

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A number of holidaymakers have misplaced their lives on the notoriously harmful cave. 

El Tancón crystal clear waters entice vacationers from all corners of the globe, however the magnificence spot is taken into account extremely harmful.

The seemingly tranquil waters can swiftly remodel into turbulent ones relying on the tides, with swimmers enjoyable within the pool liable to be smashed in opposition to the rocks. 

Spanish influencer Marina Rivera Saldana, who has two million followers on Instagram, was criticised for posting photographs of her swimming on the spot final September the place bathing is prohibited.

It’s listed as ‘completely closed’ on TripAdvisor, the place locals warn folks to not go to.

Witnesses to Monday’s accident reported seeing a bunch of vacationers filming themselves performing somersaults and diving off the rocks into the open sea earlier than shifting over to the spot the place the horror accident occurred.

The injured man had been pulled out of the water by the point the emergency providers arrived.

A spokesman for a regional emergency providers coordinator stated after he was rushed to hospital: ‘A 40-year-old overseas man has been taken by ambulance to Hospiten Sur College Hospital.

‘He had a number of severe decrease limb trauma accidents.

‘The primary emergency name was acquired at 2.10pm on Monday, saying the overseas man wanted medical help after hitting rocks when he jumped into the ocean pool at Charco El Tancon.

‘His companions had already acquired him out of the water by the point the primary emergency responders arrived.’

Firefighters took him to an area well being centre the place he was stabilised earlier than his switch to hospital.

It was not instantly clear as we speak what his present situation is.

A Canary Islands-based organisation set as much as forestall aquatic accidents like Monday’s incident stated in an in a single day put up: ‘El Tancon in Tenerife has as soon as once more develop into tragic information for essentially the most absurd recklessness.’

Saying the video footage of the accident confirmed folks ‘freely risking their lives and recording the whole lot for social media’ regardless of warning indicators, a spokesman for the group stated: ‘Please: no extra recklessness, no extra suicidal actions, no extra deaths at sea. Prevention and customary sense.’

The location the place the accident occurred, a part of a fancy of pure swimming pools on the Los Gigantes cliffs, has been described as a ‘mortal paradise.’

One on-line journey web page described it as ‘one of the lovely locations in all of Tenerife’ earlier than bathing there was banned.

It provides: ‘There may be additionally a cave below the rocks which you can swim in. There may be additionally an alternate descent on the opposite aspect that can assist you to see the cave from beneath.

‘Widespread sense is essential right here, because the pool might be very harmful in excessive tide. Then the cave fills with water and getting out might be very tough. Due to this fact, it’s price observing the scenario within the ocean and never taking dangers when the water begins to rise.’

An English-speaking customer wrote on TripAdvisor in September 2022: ‘I discovered the cave by chance again in 1999. It’s a mesmerising place, watching the cave replenish and empty with the swell of the ocean.

‘As I’m not a robust swimmer, I might not dare go into it. I’ve learn through the years that sturdy swimmers have succumbed to the velocity the cave fills up, leading to them being pinned to the roof of the cave and having both deadly head accidents or drowning.

‘I’ve visited the place over three completely different vacation years so have seen some ‘bushy’ sea situations. To face and see simply how shortly the cave fills up terrified me.

‘Please, if you happen to do go to this place, be very conscious of the results of what could occur to you as you’ll have no management in anyway.’

A Spanish native replied: ‘DO NOT GET IN. Folks die right here yearly. Though it might appear that the ocean is calm, in a matter of seconds a spread of waves can are available in, main you to the grave.

‘As soon as you might be within the water, the cave fills up with the waves, hitting your head to the ceiling of the cave and leaving you unconscious.

‘Your solely method out could be to dive as deep as doable and wait there for a pair minutes. That is inconceivable for many of us. Please don’t try and swim right here. THERE IS NO WAY OUT.’

One other customer added: ‘We handed this pure ‘swimming pool’ a few occasions on our method from Puerto de Santiago and Los Gigantes.

‘It’s properly signposted however there are additionally warning indicators in the beginning of the steps right down to the pool indicating that individuals who use it achieve this at their very own threat as there aren’t any lifeguards.

‘On a comparatively calm sunny day the swell within the sea nonetheless resulted in what sturdy waves coming over the outer boundary wall.’