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NSW has recorded a 22 percent spike in coastal drowning deaths over the 2018-19 year with 44 people tragically drowning along the NSW coast.
The patrol season is still a couple of weeks away, however volunteer surf lifesavers are on call anytime, 365 days a year.
A surfer who was seen floating in the water at the unpatrolled Dreamtime Beach at Fingal Head before 9am Monday was brought ashore by members of the public who conducted CPR until paramedics and lifesavers arrived.
Hazardous surf conditions are expected along much of the NSW coastline Sunday and Monday and surf lifesavers are urging people to be extremely cautious.
It wasn’t an average Monday morning in Tathra this week. Almost 450km from Bondi Beach, the Far South Coast town with a population just under 2,000 had a temporary tourist attraction.
A powerful low-pressure system will impact the NSW coast between Wednesday 21 and Friday 23 August. The system is expected to create ‘Hawaiian-style’ conditions consisting of big surf, with waves up to 12 feet high and strong winds.
Volunteer surf lifesavers assisted in the three-day search for a 42-year-old man who was reported missing from Gillards Beach on the NSW Far South Coast on Wednesday 14 August.
A rock fisherman is lucky to be alive, thanks to a lifejacket and a fast response by volunteer lifesavers from Kiama Surf Life Saving Club.
Hazardous surf conditions are forecast for the NSW coastline from Friday 2 August and throughout the weekend.
