Lifeguard operations at a beach where a teen died after jumping into the sea were "scaled back" years before, an inquest has heard.
David Ejimofor, 15, died at Aberavon beach, Neath Port Talbot, on 19 June 2023 after joining friends to celebrate the end of their GCSE exams.
The court in Swansea heard David died just after 19:00 BST and lifeguard services finished at 18:00.
Pete Rooney the RNLI's regional lifeguard manager for Wales and the west, told the inquest lifeguards worked until 20:30 before the RNLI took over in 2010, but that the hours had since been scaled back for them to finish at 18:00 following an analysis of data on lifeguard "shouts".
Family photoDavid's mother described her son as "beautiful young boy" at the hearing
