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Surf Life Saving NSW is urging beachgoers to understand their limits and to swim at a patrolled beach when visiting the coastline after two deaths inside four hours on Monday 9 January brought the summer coastal drowning toll to 8.

A staggering 1,200 rescues have been completed by surf lifesavers over the Christmas / New Year period, illustrating the importance of the volunteer-based movement as it continues to provide an essential service on our beaches.

A man has drowned on the state’s Far South Coast on a day volunteer lifesavers were put under the pump by hot weather and large crowds at our beaches.

Hot weather and large crowds at our beaches on Boxing Day saw volunteer lifesavers and lifeguards perform a staggering 348 rescues across the state.

Successful resuscitations in the Illawarra and on the Northern Beaches, and a unique rescue in which a member of the public engaged the Surf Life Saving NSW State Operations Centre (SOC) during a double rescue on the Mid North Coast have highlighted a very busy Christmas Day on our beaches for volunteer lifesavers.

Volunteer lifesavers are encouraging holiday beachgoers to heed the warning signs from last summer and swim between the flags at a patrolled beach this summer.