A SUMMER craze for jumping into dangerous waters has left a young woman injured after she leapt off a cliff.

Youngsters have been risking their lives by diving into the water from locations such as Swanage cliffs and Poole's quay and bridge.

The young woman was hurt after apparently jumping from cliffs near Anvil Point, Swanage on Saturday.

A Coastguard spokeswoman said: "As far as we can understand, she jumped rather than fell.

"It's not a good idea to do that at all and we would definitely warn anybody else against considering it."

The woman's partner helped her on to a nearby fishing boat while Coastguard and lifeboat crews came to her aid. She was airlifted to Poole and taken to hospital but it is not known how serious her injuries were.

The heatwave has seen youngsters risking their lives by jumping off Poole Quay.

Just a month after Wais Kakar, 27, died after a collision with a boat after swimming out from Bournemouth beach, kids are dicing with danger close to boat propellers.

Youngsters are diving into the sea just where the passenger boats operate and Poole Harbour Master Peter Booth has issued an urgent warning.

"Poole Harbour Commissioners are very concerned," he said.

"We want to highlight the dangers of them doing this and the possibility of an accident happening. "Particularly after the death in Bournemouth a couple of weeks ago, it doesn't bear thinking about.

"Some are swimming across the quay, climbing on the ships and diving off.

"A group of older kids were jumping off Poole Bridge in front of yachts going in. We had to call out the lifeboat when one was swept into Holes Bay and couldn't swim to shore."

He said they were going into the water in the Dolphin Marina, swimming under pontoons and coming up close to moving craft.

He said staff faced a tirade of foul language when telling the kids to stop - who were often showing off in front of girls who were egging them on.

Notices are to go up all along the quay, pointing out the dangers.

Police at Wareham have warned against jumping into the River Frome from the bridge and quayside. "It's extremely dangerous," said Sgt Les Fry. "They could be landing on old bikes or shopping trolleys or broken bottles and there is the danger of Weil's disease in the river from rats."