A woman has been found dead after being swept out into the ocean from a Sydney beach in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
And later in the morning another swimmer went missing in the water at Coogee.
Emergency services were called to Maroubra Beach in Sydney about 4am on Thursday after reports a person had been swept out into the ocean.
The 25-year-old woman was hit by a wave, knocking her into a tidal rock pool before further waves swept her out to sea, NSW police were told.
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Police, including the air wing, and NSW Ambulance began a search and found the body of a woman at about 5am.
Police said on Thursday morning that while formal identification was yet to be completed, the body was believed to be that of the missing woman.
At Coogee, a search was under way on Thursday morning for another swimmer believed to be missing in the water.
Just after 6am today emergency services were called to Coogee Beach after reports a man – believed to be aged in his 20s – was in trouble in the water.
Police, ambulance, surf lifesaving and council officers joined the search.
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