{"id":542814,"date":"2026-03-15T22:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542814\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T22:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:53:11","slug":"three-new-south-wales-fishermen-found-dead-off-sas-beachport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542814\/","title":{"rendered":"Three New South Wales fishermen found dead off SA&#8217;s Beachport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Three New South Wales fishermen have died in waters off South Australia&#8217;s Limestone Coast, SA Police say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said the alarm was raised about 2:30pm on Sunday, when the three men did not return to shore at Beachport in the state&#8217;s south-east.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\"><a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-03-15\/three-fishermen-missing-off-beachport-along-sa-limestone-coast\/106457692\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106457692\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A search was launched<\/a> with the combined efforts of police&#8217;s Water Operations, PolAir, the State Emergency Service, local boaties, and other aerial assets, including drones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said the men, aged 65, 67 and 74, were found dead and their bodies were recovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Members of the public are asked not to collect debris from the boat and instead to leave in situ for police to collect.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A jetty extends from a footpath onto the beach and the ocean at dawn\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a112e760d2938c30b0bf9776d152239c.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The bodies of the three fishermen have been recovered, police say. (ABC News: Sam Bradbrook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Local experienced fisher Alan Campbell told ABC South East SA conditions were rough on Sunday and he raised the alarm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;When I saw the trailer on the ramp, I was very concerned,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Before I rang the police, I drove around the beach \u2026 but I couldn&#8217;t see anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police will prepare a report for the coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three New South Wales fishermen have died in waters off South Australia&#8217;s Limestone Coast, SA Police say. Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,96572,473,268937,44,36767,10174,5326,7452,33608,268938],"class_list":["post-542814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-beachport","tag-limestone-coast","tag-missing-fishermen","tag-news","tag-sa","tag-sa-police","tag-sapol","tag-search","tag-ses","tag-water-operations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}