[Suzanne rose]

If you are a Rock Fisherman than please read​

I went swimming today at a Sydney beach known as Malabar. A beautiful swimming spot but very rough seas.

So many people fish on the Rocks and it's so dangerous.

Last week a man was fishing on the rocks and was swept away. As far as I know he hasn't been found.

Then today while fishing a Police helicopter was circling above. Next thing they trough something in the water. Then a police rescue man appeared on a jet ski.
We actually thought it was a drill but it didn't take long to realise he was putting someone on the back of the ski which had a bed thing attached.

Meanwhile the seas were very rough.

He took the person to the beach edge where a team of paramedics and police were waiting. They worked on the unconscious man before putting him in the ambulance. There must have been 15 paramedics and police officers.

It was just shown on the news which confirmed he was a 19 year old rock fishing when he was washed into the ocean.

He is in hospital in a critical but stable condition.

I applaud the whole rescue team and we saw first hand the danger the rescuer put himself in to save this young man.

We are very lucky to have the first responders that we have and should never taken them for granted.

The same as we shouldn't take our great oceans for granted.

We also shouldn't be putting other people in danger for our stupidity.

I was swimming in the pool and where I circled is where he was. Very far out and very rough

 

[Penny4]

Very scary surf. That was tragic that he got swept away fishing.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Very scary surf. That was tragic that he got swept away fishing.

Happens all the time in Sydney , Malabar, laparoose are know for this. In Laparoose around Bare Island there are warning signs not to walk on tge rocks as death had occurred.
A few years ago an Asian couple had just got married and chose the spot around Laparoose for their wedding shots. While having the photos done a wave hit them and the bride had drowned. They totally ignored the signs.

The spot where the young guy got sept into is always rough.

It's not far from where a swimmer was taken by a shark last year

 

[Suzanne rose]

Woman drowns after being swept away by wave off rocks near Sydney's La Perouse beach​

The woman was swept off the rocks at Bare Island at La Perouse near Sydney.
A woman has drowned after being swept away by a wave while having her photo taken on rocks near a Sydney beach.
Emergency services were called to Bare Island at La Perouse shortly after 3:00pm on Sunday after a woman was swept off rocks and into the sea.
Lifesavers, paramedics, police and a rescue helicopter conducted a search off the island and at around 3:35pm they found a woman's body in the water.
Stephen Leahy from the Lifesaver Helicopter Rescue Service said despite their best efforts they were unable to resuscitate her.
"The girl was having her photo taken on rocks, she slipped, she has fallen into the water and despite an extensive search by emergency services her body has been located," he said.

 

[Penny4]

Happens all the time in Sydney , Malabar, laparoose are know for this. In Laparoose around Bare Island there are warning signs not to walk on tge rocks as death had occurred.
A few years ago an Asian couple had just got married and chose the spot around Laparoose for their wedding shots. While having the photos done a wave hit them and the bride had drowned. They totally ignored the signs.

The spot where the young guy got sept into is always rough.

It's not far from where a swimmer was taken by a shark last year

They sure do take a chance. As the saying goes 'live by the sword, die by the sword'

 

[Suzanne rose]

Afghan fisher swept off rocks at Malabar ignored warning signs and was not wearing a life jacket​

AN Afghan man swept off the rocks at Malabar while fishing was not wearing a life jacket and had walked past signs warning that three people had drowned at the same spot.

 

[Suzanne rose]

They sure do take a chance. As the saying goes 'live by the sword, die by the sword'

I really feel for the first responders

 

[Suzanne rose]

A man in his 30s has died in a rock fishing accident at Boora Point, near Malabar in Sydney's eastern suburbs

The man was fishing off rocks with two male teenagers and a woman around 3pm yesterday when a large wave swept the teenagers, aged 17 and 18, into the water.

The man jumped in the water to rescue the teenagers but all three were overcome by the rough seas.

 

[Suzanne rose]

This family's trip from Kellyville took about 90 minutes and they arrived at 2.30pm. It was sunny with just a light wind and it had just changed to low tide.

The family walked down the timber staircase to the beach and along the sand to the rocks on the south side of Little Bay to a fishing spot known as The Gutter.

The rocky outcrop has three metal poles cemented in place over the past half century by rock fishermen as safety aids.

At low tide, the area looks like part of the coast, but at high tide it becomes an island marooned from the mainland by a shallow trough of water.

Hasti, Payam and Mahan walked out onto this rocky outcrop and began setting up their rods.

They had no safety gear, no fishing licence and were wearing thongs.

“It was a sunny day and the swell was fairly benign,” says Hasti. “It was calm and no waves and I wasn’t thinking it was dangerous. Before when I hear someone had drowned, I always thought they might have been swimming or been in a boat, I never thought that they might have been standing on the side of the ocean.”

While the sea appeared calm, swell data from the day shows a moderate 1.4 metre easterly swell.

Ocean swell and wave heights affect different rock platforms differently, depending on the direction they face and the nearby environment.

One area might be safe and another platform just metres away may be more risky. A low tide combining with a direct swell from the east, meant the area would have been tricky to fish, with the potential for the odd wave to stand up and cover the ledge.

Mahan and Payam set about getting their fishing rods ready, while Hasti looked for a place to put their bucket and bags. In the next few seconds, everything changed.

In one second a huge waved splashed on me and everything I was carrying was thrown towards the rocks. I turned back (to where Mahan and Payam had been standing) and realised no one was there.

“At first I didn’t realise they were washed into the sea then I moved a little bit further to the edge of the rocks and saw both of them in the water. My husband was very far from the rocks and my son was much nearer to the edge of the rocks.

“I ran towards the edge and I was thinking I should jump in the water and save my son. But I don’t know why, when I arrived at the edge, I stopped and turned back and called for help. I didn’t jump, I don’t know why . . . but I wish I had. ( If she had jumped in after them she would have died)

It was a decision that will stay with Hasti forever.

She couldn’t swim and had always been afraid of the water never even venturing to put her feet in.

As Hasti watched her son and husband struggling in the water, she screamed for help. Nearby fishermen called emergency services.

Within ten minutes Council Lifeguards arrived on site, with ambulance crew and Westpac Rescue Helicopter arriving soon after.

But it was too late.

Without being able to swim and without a lifejacket, neither Payam or Mahan could stay afloat.

They were taken out of the water – Mahan winched up by the Westpac chopper and Payam by Randwick Lifeguards on a jet ski.

CPR was performed, but they could not be revived.

“In that moment everything changed. I lost my husband, my son, my entire life and all of the identity I had before, in just a few minutes.

“This trauma will live with me forever, until the last moment I’m living,” says Hasti.

Since 2001 there have been 21 rock fishing related fatalities in Randwick City, making the area statistically the most dangerous place to rock fish in Australia. Six people have died at Little Bay alone – including four at the well-known black spot on the north of the bay, called Julieanne’s.

 

[Ivory]

Unfortunately this is not an uncommon occurrences at beaches to South Australia. Despite an absolute plethora of warning signs people choose to fish from where they want to fish. Being a first responder in these situations must be horrendous, with an overarching question being “Why”

 

[MelanieJune]

The young man was so very fortunate he was found.