{"id":824502,"date":"2026-07-26T07:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/824502\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T07:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:49:11","slug":"la-perouse-fisherman-killed-after-boat-capsizes-in-waters-near-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/824502\/","title":{"rendered":"La Perouse: Fisherman killed after boat capsizes in waters near Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man has died and another has been rushed to hospital after their boat capsized while fishing off Sydney\u2019s<\/a> eastern suburbs.<\/p>\n

Emergency services pulled the two men from the water <\/a>near Bear Island at La Perouse, on the headland of Botany Bay, about 10.30am today.<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/p>\n

The men were pulled from the water near Bear Island at La Perouse.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

It is believed the two friends, both from western Sydney,were fishing when the boat was capsized by a wave, flinging them into the water.<\/p>\n

One of the men, aged 74, was helped by \u201cvery brave\u201d recreational divers who saw the boat flip, police said.<\/p>\n

He was rescued by a jet ski operator and taken to shore, before being taken to Prince of Wales Hospital <\/a>in a stable condition.<\/p>\n

The second man, who is yet to be formally identified but is believed to be aged in his 60s, was airlifted from the water unconscious.<\/p>\n

Paramedics performed CPR, but he died at the scene.<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/p>\n

It is believed the men were fishing when the boat overturned by a wave.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

One of the men, aged 74, was taken to hospital in a stable condition.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Police <\/a>say the men were not wearing life jackets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a tragic incident and serves as a reminder to everyone to ensure they wear a life jacket, check the sea and weather conditions before leaving,\u201d Detective Inspector Ryan Booker said.<\/p>\n

Their boat was damaged and broke up during the accident.<\/p>\n

A report will be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has died and another has been rushed to hospital after their boat capsized while fishing off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-824502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","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\/824502","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=824502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}