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A lunchtime swim nearly ended in disaster on Monday after a woman was caught in a powerful rip before being rescued by lifeguards on the NSW Far North Coast.
A rock fisherman has been plucked from the water at North Bombo on the state’s South Coast after slipping off a rock platform on Monday morning.
An early morning kayak trip at Byron Bay on the state’s Far North Coast could have ended in disaster had it not been for the intervention of surf lifesavers who carried out a dramatic rescue effort on Sunday.
More than 150 lifesavers from across Australia recently commemorated the 80th anniversary of Australia’s deadliest mass surf rescue on Bondi Beach by recreating Black Sunday, when the backwash from three enormous waves washed hundreds of swimmers out to sea.
A team of surf lifesavers from one of Sydney’s smallest clubs were in the nation’s capital on Thursday to receive their award for winning the prestigious Australian Rescue of the Month award for October.
A team of surf lifesavers from Whale Beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches who prevented a double drowning just days before Christmas last year have been honoured with the prestigious NSW Rescue of the Month Award for December.
A male and female were rescued from the Hastings River entrance on Wednesday morning after being caught in a rip at Port Macquarie’s Town Beach. The tourists took to the beach just before 8am for an early morning swim beside the notorious southern rock wall.
Lifesavers are assisting in a major search operation for a man who went missing while swimming at Fingal Head in Northern NSW on Wednesday afternoon.
Despite the best efforts of multiple rescue agencies a man has been unable to be revived after getting into difficulty while swimming at a remote beach on the State’s Far South Coast.
