Overview
- Authorities report up to seven fatalities in NSW since New Year's Eve, all at locations without active patrols or outside patrol hours.
- Royal Life Saving counts 31 drowning deaths nationally since December 1 in its summer tally.
- Surf Life Saving NSW is expanding outreach to people at remote beaches, advising swimmers to carry flotation and confirm the ability to call Triple Zero.
- Searches for a 16-year-old at Palm Beach and a 22-year-old at Coogee have been suspended or scaled back after extensive efforts.
- A man in his 30s rescued at Kiama Surf Beach was resuscitated on shore and airlifted to Wollongong Hospital in critical condition.