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A fifty-year-old mother of two drowned yesterday while attempting to rescue one of her children who was caught in a rip at Congo Beach on the NSW Far South Coast.
On Saturday 16 January, lifeguards and surf lifesavers attended Diamond Beach, on the NSW Lower North Coast, where a 35-year-old male was in trouble in the water about two kilometres north of the red and yellow flags.
When the indefatigable Nixy Krite came to Andrew Mackellar, RWC (Jetski) Coordinator at Surf Life Saving Sydney, with a six-page proposal for a training program to develop and retain female RWC operators, he knew he couldn’t say no.
Elouera Surf Life Saving Club members Andrew Sharp and Nathan Neale were recently awarded the SLSNSW Rescue of the Month Award for July 2020 for the after-hours rescue of a bodyboarder in Cronulla.
Despite the fast response of Surf Life Saving and emergency service personnel, a 27-year-old man drowned yesterday at remote Wattamolla Beach after swimming in a coastal lagoon outside lifeguard patrol hours.
A large school of whaler sharks (e.g. spinner, dusky, bull sharks) was spotted at Evans Head on the state’s far north coast yesterday, causing the beach to be closed for most of the day.
Surf Lifesavers across the state are on standby for incidents, rescues and other emergencies in the lead-up to the traditionally busy and often dangerous New Year’s period.
Surf Life Saving NSW today launched its 2020 NSW Coastal Safety Report which highlights a concerning spike in boating-related coastal drownings on the NSW coastline. Last year, for the first time, boating incidents eclipsed swimming as the activity which led to the most fatalities.
Beach goers urged to stay home to stop the spread of COVID.
