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A man has died while trying to save his teenage daughter who was caught in a rip at a beach on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
Police said the 42-year-old man entered the water after his daughter got into trouble at Back beach at Black Head, 75km south of Port Macquarie. He too was caught in the rip on Tuesday afternoon.
A nearby surfer took the girl to shore and returned for the man and brought him back to the beach. Bystanders performed CPR until paramedics arrived but he could not be revived.
The drowning comes after an off-duty police officer died while rescuing his teenage son who was caught in a rip at a secluded beach near Narooma on the South Coast on Sunday. Police identified him as 44-year-old Sgt Peter Stone.
The NSW police commissioner, Karen Webb, on Tuesday extended her condolences to the Blue Mountains officer.
“Sgt Stone was well liked by all those who knew him and we are not surprised by his selfless actions,” Webb said.
The national summer drowning toll has risen to 27 after a string of drownings across three states during the new year holiday break.
Meanwhile, a school of hammerhead sharks close to shore forced the closure of Palm Beach in Sydney’s north on Tuesday.
At least 10 baby sharks were seen about 10am by a Surf Life Saving NSW drone operator.
“The pilot … spotted 10 juvenile hammerhead sharks just off the coast and immediately alerted the patrol, which resulted in the beach being closed for a period of time,” operations manager Brent Manieri said.
“The sharks were not large at all but it was more due to the fact that at this time of year we’ve got a large number of people recreating along our coastline and Palm Beach numbers were quite large”.
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