ShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSussex PoliceEmergency service crews were first called to Brighton beach on Wednesday morningThree women who died in the sea off Brighton beach have been named.
Sussex Police said the women who died were Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walter, 32, and Rebecca Walter, 31.
Emergency services were called to the beach near Black Rock car park off Madeira Drive at about 05:45 BST on Wednesday to a report of a single person in the water.
Two more bodies were recovered from the sea nearby on arrival.
All three women were sisters, from the Uxbridge area of London, according to officers.
The force said their next of kin were being supported by specialist officers "during this incredibly difficult time".
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