The body of a 25-year-old woman swept into the ocean at Maroubra has been found on Thursday morning, about one hour after emergency responders were called to the scene.
Police were called to Maroubra Beach about 4am on Thursday following reports the woman, who is yet to be formally identified, had been struck by a wave, knocking her into the nearby rock pool and pulling her into the ocean.
Authorities converged on Maroubra shortly after 4am.Credit: Louise Kennerley
A police helicopter, the marine area command and several NSW ambulance paramedics searched the area and found the body believed to be that of the missing woman about 5am. A report will be prepared for the coroner.
It follows the death of a man at Palm Beach on Wednesday, after his small boat flipped in large swell on Sydney’s northern beaches and landed on nearby rocks shortly after midday on Wednesday.
The search for a missing 14-year-old boy believed to be a passenger on the boat will resume on Thursday morning. Another man on the flipped boat was hospitalised after he was discovered on a nearby rock platform, some 25 metres from the upturned boat, with significant wounds to his left leg.
A man died and a teenager is missing after a boat flipped near Palm Beach on Wednesday.
He was winched from the rocks by a rescue helicopter, before he was lowered onto a nature clearing near the foreshore car park for treatment.
Authorities believe there were three people in the boat at the time of the accident, and were unable to confirm any relationship between the trio.
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