Police are calling on parents to closely monitor their children while they are out enjoying themselves at sea.

This comes after a 6 year old boy of Lautoka drowned while swimming with other children in the Yasawas yesterday afternoon.

Police spokesperson Atunaisa Sokomuri has confirmed the boy was discovered missing and his body was found floating some metres away.

A post mortem will be conducted today.

The drowning toll is now 48 compared to 33 in the same period last year.