A teenager who drowned after jumping off a pier in to the sea told his friends he couldn't inquest has heard.

David Ejimofor, 15, died at Aberavon beach, Neath port Talbot, on Monday, June 19, 2023, after he'd jumped from the high pier with his friends.

His family previously said he jumped off the pier with friends in high tide in what is said to be a local end-of-school-year tradition to celebrate the end of GCSE exams.

The hearing at Swansea Coroners' Court heard from eyewitnesses that they had heard David tell his friends he was not a confident swimmer.

Fisherman Luke McDonald overhead David say he wasn't sure he would be able to swim if he jumped in to the deep water.