Updated at 3pm
A French man and woman who were trapped for a couple of hours in a cave close to L-Aħrax in Mellieħa after paddling in with a canoe have been rescued and are safe and sound.
Initial rescue efforts by the Red Cross were unsuccessful but Quentin Gaertner and Manon Macia, both 20, were eventually winched to safety by an Armed Forces of Malta helicopter.
Video provided to local site Lovin Malta shows a male paddling against the swell in the cave, before he appears to get out of the raft and try to clamber onto nearby rocks.
Video: Liane Gauci/Lovin Malta
Photo: Alister Cachia