Couple face up to 15 years in prison for having sex on a beach (Photos)

A frisky couple who were caught having sex on a beach in front of horrified families face up to 15 years in prison.

Jose Caballero, 40, was filmed in broad daylight climbing on top of his girlfriend Elissa Alvarez, 20, on Bradenton Beach, Florida, as children play just a few feet away.

The pair were arrested after shocked holidaymakers, including a three-year-old girl, spotted the lewd love-making session.

According to New York Daily News, one woman called 911 and told a dispatcher: “They think it’s a joke. It’s very disgusting.

“He just took her top off. There’s a child here.”

The couple were found guilty on Monday of of lewd and lascivious behavior after the footage was shown in court.

Assistant State Attorney Anthony Dafonseca said: “You think about 2:30 in the afternoon on a crowded beach, it takes a certain kind of person to do that in front of children only feet away.”

The pair face up to 15 years in prison and both will have to register as sex offenders.

Caballero previously served almost eight years in prison for a cocaine trafficking conviction.

Both will have to register as sex offenders.