{"id":709487,"date":"2026-06-02T02:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/709487\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T02:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:38:13","slug":"batemans-bay-dog-rescue-marine-rescue-nsw-volunteers-save-stranded-dog-from-snapper-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/709487\/","title":{"rendered":"Batemans Bay dog rescue: Marine Rescue NSW volunteers save stranded dog from Snapper Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Updated June 2, 2026 \u2014 11:59am,first published June 2, 2026 \u2014 7:49am<\/p>\n

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A dog that was swept onto an island almost one kilometre from the NSW South Coast has been rescued by volunteers who raced into action after receiving several distress calls from worried onlookers.<\/p>\n

The emergency calls were made after the dog was spotted by Batemans Bay locals in the waters off Observation Point on Monday afternoon, triggering the Marine Rescue deployment.<\/p>\n

The volunteers located the dog on Snapper Island, a one-hectare oval-shaped island four kilometres from the Batemans Bay township.<\/p>\n

Two volunteers aboard a Marine Rescue jetski landed at a small cove on the island, spending almost an hour coaxing the dog into their grasp before safely retrieving it.<\/p>\n

The animal was fastened onto the back of the ski and transferred to the main rescue vessel, before it was handed to council rangers for further care at Marine Rescue\u2019s Batemans Bay base.<\/p>\n

Commander of the rescue mission Rod Ingamells said the dog played \u201chide and seek\u201d with the crew on Snapper Island, complicating what he thought would be a \u201csimple\u201d retrieval.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe volunteers on the jetski make contact with the dog on Snapper Island.Marine Rescue NSW<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found him three different times in all different spots, [he had] climbed up three metres from the water. So we coaxed him down, there were some sharp rocks around there, his paws were damaged,\u201d Ingamells said. \u201cHe looked very comfortable and happy to be off the island.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dog was reunited with its owner on Tuesday morning after spending the night at the vet. It remains in the care of Eurobodalla Shire Council while rangers inspect the suitability of the owner\u2019s property. The dog isn\u2019t believed to be microchipped.<\/p>\n

The outcome of the rescue mission could have been far different if it weren\u2019t for the calm, sunny conditions the volunteer crew enjoyed on Monday, according to Marine Rescue NSW Inspector Glenn Sullivan.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe dog is returned to the main rescue vessel before being taken back to Batemans Bay.Marine Rescue NSW<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dog was fortunate to have reached Snapper Island, and equally fortunate that sea conditions were exceptionally calm at the time of the incident,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n

Ingamells was \u201csurprised\u201d the dog made it as far as Snapper Island.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday was a great day \u2013 we had fun doing the rescue, and at the same time, got him off the island and he\u2019s in good care,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\"DanielDaniel Lo Surdo<\/a> is a breaking news reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald. He previously helmed the national news live blog for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Connect via email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated June 2, 2026 \u2014 11:59am,first published June 2, 2026 \u2014 7:49am Save You have reached your maximum…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-709487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709487","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=709487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}