Lifeguards found members of the public trying to help the man, who was unconscious but breathing.
Patrol season dates are staggered to take visitor numbers into account and lifeguards have undergone training.
Harbor patrol personnel and lifeguards appeared to take turns holding the horse's head up.
"There were a lot of children in the pool and not enough lifeguards, " he said.
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The RNLI has re-issued safety advice and said people should try to visit beaches patrolled by lifeguards.
Lifeguards are also preparing to patrol nine additional beaches across the county during the peak summer period.
The Inshore Rescue Boat picked up the bathers first and two RNLI lifeguards responded simultaneously on boards.
Five Cornish lifeguards have been presented with an award for rescuing a body boarder in dangerous seas.
BBC: Lifeguards get award for Porthtowan body boarder rescue
Its lifeguards responded to 1, 334 incidents and assisted 1, 426 people on 32 of Wales' busiest beaches.
Lifeguards need to learn how to evaluate and respond to weather patterns, wave actions, and spontaneous cardiac events.
Vast swarms of blacktips migrate along the coast, coming close enough to prompt lifeguards to whistle swimmers out of the water.
Staff officer Peter Dawes said the lifeguards had responded quickly and provided the casualty "with the best possible care".
In this case, the swimmer would go through the stages of what lifeguards call an "active drowning, " Osinski says.
The award is given annually for the "most meritorious rescue" by RNLI lifeguards.
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In 2012, it introduced lifeguards to new beaches in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Dozens of bodyboarders and swimmers have been rescued by lifeguards in north Devon after being caught in a rip current.
The lifeguards were honoured for saving body boarder Tom Durrant who was struggling to cope in large, 6-8ft (1.8-2.4m) waves.
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"We need to see lifeguards here if we want to sell Wales as a tourist destination for beach lovers, " he said.
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Labour MP Mr Owen said the tragedy in his constituency highlighted the need to consider employing lifeguards on all beaches in Wales.
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For these reasons the council has not considered there to be a need for lifeguards to be employed on the island's beaches.
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Brickman says lifeguards of that era were not trained in the technique.
Later in the afternoon, the mayor walked down to the beach to chat with the lifeguards and a handful of foreign tourists.
Two RNLI lifeguards helped guide them over a zebra crossing to safety.
The councils pay the lifeguards' wages, and the RNLI - which is funded by charitable donations - provides all training costs and equipment.
The 4-foot-high statue, which portrays two lifeguards sitting on a bench, was stolen December 19 from Madoff's estate in Palm Beach, police said.
Lifeguards on North Tyneside have carried out one of their more unusual annual tasks - coming to the rescue of a family of ducks.
He is expected to train up to 24 volunteer and full-time lifeguards and fire service personnel to carry out beach patrols, the charity said.
He added that the lifeguards were expecting a busy few days ahead because of the forecast for good weather and urged people to attend lifeguarded beaches.
The charity said the wet weather resulted in fewer beach rescues last year, with lifeguards helping more than 11, 000 people - about 2, 000 down on 2011.
Lifeguards performed CPR on the woman until a helicopter from RMB Chivenor arrived to take her to North Devon District Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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