Dozens of partygoers were stranded on a Long Island sandbar after a summer barbecue, and three have been rescued from the water.

Southampton Town Police tell Newsday the revelry started Saturday on the sandbar in Shinnecock Inlet.

Police were called just after 8 p.m. and found onlookers pulling a 23-year-old out of the water. He tried to flee when told he was being arrested on a charge of violating the town code by swimming in the channel. He was found nearby, and police added a charge of obstructing governmental administration.

Another 23-year-old was pulled into the ocean by a current and rescued by the Coast Guard. The agency also rescued a 20-year-old from the inlet.

The three, plus 37 partygoers from the sandbar, were checked by ambulance volunteers.