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NSW Police reported on Saturday morning that a fisherman had died after being swept into sea at Kianinny Bay on the state’s south coast, the latest in a spate of drowning tragedies to mar the Easter long weekend.
Emergency services were called to the area shortly after 8am after receiving reports of a person in the water. Two hours later a body was recovered.
While it is yet to be formally identified, it is believed to be that of the man.
At least five people have died since Friday morning.
Emergency workers were called to a beach near San Remo, 125km southeast of Melbourne, on Friday morning after reports three people were washed into the water.
One woman managed to get back to shore while an aerial search found a second woman unresponsive in the water.
She could not be revived. A search continues for the man, according to the latest information released by Victoria Police.
Punchbowl Rocks Beach is near the George Bass coastal walk and surrounded by high bluffs, reefs and rocks.
The incident followed a fisherman dying after being swept into water at Wollongong Harbour that morning.
Emergency services were called to Endeavour Drive shortly after 6am, following reports a man was pulled from the water unconscious.
The 58-year-old could not be revived.
He is believed to have been fishing on a rock wall nearby when he was swept into the water, police said.
Another man drowned at Mosman on Sydney’s north shore on Friday morning.
A search continues for another man swept into heavy seas off Little Bay Beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Friday afternoon, NSW Police reported on Saturday morning.
NSW authorities also recovered a body from waters off Green Cape near Eden on the NSW south coast on Friday afternoon following reports of a fisherman being swept off the rocks.
Australians have been urged to take care on the water during the long weekend.
In NSW, the Bureau of Meteorology cautioned residents to take extra care along major parts of the coast due to hazardous surf and swell conditions.
Affected areas include coastlines near Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Macquarie Harbour, Hunter Valley, Sydney and Illawarra.
“Surf and swell conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as rock fishing, boating, and swimming in the following areas,” the bureau said in a statement.
Over the past 20 years, 118 Australians have drowned during Easter, according to Royal Life Saving Australia.
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