Pokemon Go: Police rescue women from rough seas after they wade out in search of creatures

The virtual monsters appear based on characteristics of the real world – so water-going Pokemon can only be caught near the water

A view of the pier in Hastings, England June 18, 2016 (REUTERS/Kevin Coombs)

Emergency services had to be called out after three girls were seen catching Pokemon Go in the sea, according to police.

Sussex Police received a call reporting that three girls were standing in rough seas near Hastings Pier in East Sussex on Wednesday night.

"Officers established that the girls were looking for Pokemon,” a police spokesperson said. “They were advised not to go in to the water."

Pokemon Go’s creatures are distributed around the kind of places that they might live in the real world. So water creatures, for instance, would be more likely to appear in or around the sea; just as ghostly ones are more likely to arrive in a graveyard.

That has led to people heading to the water in an attempt to find those virtual creatures that hang around there.

In Plymouth, a foot passenger on the Torpoint Ferry reportedly had to be ejected after they stayed on the ferry for too long, trying to catch Pokemon.