{"id":708532,"date":"2026-06-01T15:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/708532\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:47:14","slug":"dog-rescued-off-island-after-being-swept-into-ocean-at-batemans-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/708532\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog rescued off island after being swept into ocean at Batemans Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dog who was swept off rocks on the NSW far south coast has been rescued from an island almost 1 kilometre off the coast.<\/p>\n

The large brown and white pooch was found on Snapper Island at Batemans Bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Volunteers from the local Marine Rescue were alerted to the dog in danger around noon today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We received two phone calls, one from a member of the public at Observation Point and the other from national parks,” Marine Rescue NSW Inspector Glenn Sullivan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“They said that there was a dog had been washed off into the water and was swimming out into the middle of water, about 200 to 300 metres offshore.”<\/p>\n

A rescue team was immediately assembled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The effort included the rescue vessel Batemans Bay 20, which was tasked with investigating the incident, and a rescue jetski capable of accessing the shoreline.<\/p>\n

A call was also put out to private vessels in the area to keep an eye out for the animal in distress.<\/p>\n

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Marine rescue NSW volunteers on Snapper Island trying to encourage the dog to come to safety. (Supplied: Marine Rescue NSW)<\/p>\n

When the crews arrived, the dog had swum all the way out to Snapper Island, which is about 800 metres offshore.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It would have been a fair swim out there,” Inspector Sullivan said.<\/p>\n

“[The dog] was swimming around for 20 minutes to half an hour before it made it to shore.<\/p>\n

“That would have taken a fair degree of stamina to be able to undertake that type of a swim.”\"Two<\/p>\n

The dog swam about 800 metres to an island after being in the water for about 20 minutes. (Supplied: Marine Rescue NSW)<\/p>\n

Two volunteers on a jetski went ashore to try and encourage the dog to safety, but it took time.<\/p>\n

“After an hour of trying to chase it around and coax it back to the vessel, we were able to secure it and bring it back,” Inspector Sullivan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The dog was transported to the waiting boat on the back of the jetski, and shortly after onto dry land.<\/p>\n

“We got it back to shore and it’s now nice and safe,” Inspector Sullivan said.<\/p>\n

He said a small search was also undertaken at Observation Head to make sure there were no signs of anyone nearby who may have been in distress.<\/p>\n

“We had to make sure there wasn’t somebody in the water that the dog might have tried to chase, to rescue its owner,” he said.<\/p>\n

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The dog was handed over to the Eurobodalla Shire Council rangers, who hope they can find its owner. (Supplied: Marine Rescue NSW)<\/p>\n

The dog is now in the hands of Eurobodalla Shire Council rangers, who will see if it is microchipped.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The dog looked in a fit and healthy condition … hopefully they will find the owner,” Inspector Sullivan said.<\/p>\n

“I’ve personally never rescued an animal in this fashion before.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dog who was swept off rocks on the NSW far south coast has been rescued from an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[344518,344519,344520,344521,43,314289,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-708532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-dog-rescued-at-batemans-bay","tag-dog-rescued-from-snapper-island","tag-dog-swept-out-to-sea","tag-dog-washed-off-rocks-at-batemans-bay","tag-headlines","tag-marine-rescue-nsw","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708532","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=708532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}