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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.
This weekend thousands of music fans and holidaymakers are expected to descend on Byron Bay for the annual Splendour in The Grass music festival. Surf lifesavers have reiterated a simple message for those hitting the beach; swim between the red and yellow flags at a patrolled location.
The body of a rock fisher who was swept off rocks at a notorious rock fishing black-spot near Snapper Point on the Central Coast has been recovered after an extensive four-day search.
Beachgoers will have a safer Summer this year thanks to a $200,000 NSW Government grant to replace oxygen resuscitation kits in every Surf Life Saving club.
Off-duty surf lifesavers responded quickly to assist a man who was attacked by a shark off Shelly Beach at Manly early Tuesday morning.
