There has been a spate of drowning deaths in NSW. Photo: Surf Life Saving NSW.
A 34-year-old man has drowned at Jervis Bay.
ACT Policing, NSW Police and multiple emergency service agencies were called to Green Patch beach at the southern shore of Jervis Bay about 4:45 pm yesterday (Saturday, 3 January 2026) after reports of multiple people struggling to stay afloat in rough conditions.
A 34-year-old NSW man was brought back to the beach and CPR was commenced; however, he died at the scene.
Three other people were attended to by paramedics with none requiring further medical attention.
ACT Policing will prepare a report for the Coroner.
The death came just 24 hours after a man died at Lobster Bay, near Currarong.
Emergency services were called at about 12:40 pm on Friday and found a man, believed to be in his 50s, unresponsive after off-duty lifesavers pulled him from the water.
Surf lifesavers say the man was spearfishing with another man when he became tangled in a float line off the remote beach, south of Wollongong.
The man was unable to get himself free from the line, taking in water.
Police are investigating whether the man, believed to be in his 50s drowned or suffered a medical episode.
It’s been a tragic summer season on our beaches, with Surf Life Saving NSW carrying out more than 100 rescues since Christmas and five confirmed deaths, most believed to be preventable.
