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Tragedy unfolded on Sunday with two men sadly losing their lives in separate coastal incidents.
A group of surf lifesavers from The Lakes Surf Life Saving Club, including four members of a school-based Nippers training program, saved a large group of people caught in a rip at Soldiers Beach and have been awarded NSW Rescue of the Month for November.
Jerrad Allen from Pacific Palms SLSC and member of the Lower North Coast Support Operations team has attended many incidents and performed countless rescues since gaining his Bronze Medallion in 1992. This one was particularly significant for the volunteer surf lifesaver who had to assess, manage and perform a high-risk rescue single-handedly at an isolated beach.
Two rockfishers have died just weeks after the tragic loss of three people at Hill 60, Port Kembla, despite a joint agency rescue effort last night.
A large, multi-agency search is continuing for a 53-year-old spear fisherman who went missing at South West Rocks yesterday afternoon, 4 February.
Volunteer surf lifesavers that patrolled NSW beaches over the past four days of heatwave conditions and Australia Day celebrations have been praised for keeping beachgoers safe during one of the busiest weekends on the coastline on record.
The coastal drowning death toll continues to rise in NSW with the sixth fatality since 1 January 2021.
After a huge weekend on NSW beaches, and heatwave conditions and large swells forecast for Australia Day, authorities are warning beachgoers to heed safety advice if they head to the coast to cool off.
On Friday 22 January at around 10pm, Surf Life Saving callout teams from the Illawarra joined other emergency services at Port Kembla where three people died after being washed into the surf.
