A 34-year-old man has drowned at Jervis Bay, along the New South Wales South Coast, after multiple people were caught in rough water conditions.
A statement from an ACT Policing spokesperson said the man died on Saturday afternoon after he was pulled from the water.
“ACT Policing, NSW Police and multiple emergency service agencies were called to Green Patch beach at the southern shore of Jervis Bay about 4:45pm … after reports of multiple people struggling to stay afloat in rough conditions,” the spokesperson said.
“A 34-year-old NSW man was brought back to the beach and CPR was commenced; however, he was declared deceased at the scene.
“Three other people were attended to by paramedics, with none requiring further medical attention.”
Signposts in the area state that Green Patch beach, encapsulated in the Booderee National Park, is an unpatrolled beach that can be susceptible to dangerous currents.
Green Patch beach is an unpatrolled beach in the Jervis Bay Territory. (ABC Illawarra: Toby Hemmings)
Jervis Bay is a federal Australian territory, 195 kilometres east of Canberra and 105km south of Wollongong, which is geographically in New South Wales but falls under ACT Policing jurisdiction.
A report will be prepared for the ACT coroner, as the man died in waters designated to the Capital Territory.
The death comes a day after a spearfisherman drowned at Lobster Bay Beach, near Currarong, about 60km from Jervis Bay.