Five people have drowned and two are missing off the coasts in Victoria and New South Wales. The latest death was that of a fisherman swept into the water on the NSW far south coast on Saturday morning.
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00:00From the air to the sea, rescue teams are feeling the pressure.
00:08In all my time at Surf Life Saving I've never seen a start to this long weekend with the amount of confirmed drownings and potential drownings that we've seen.
00:16Not everyone could be saved. A fisherman's body was recovered on the New South Wales far south coast this morning after he was swept into the sea yesterday.
00:27Every drowning fatality that we've responded to and every major rescue has been persons washed off rock shelves, rock platforms and break walls.
00:37We're seeing a lot of large swells rolling in and periods of calm which can be quite dangerous.
00:42It gives you a sense of security and then a big set will roll in and it has a potential to wash people off rocks.
00:48Dozens of beaches remained closed today as large swells batter the coast.
00:53Here at Little Bay the search continues for a missing 24 year old swept off the rocks yesterday.
01:02In the past two days in New South Wales four men have died in separate incidents.
01:07In Victoria three Chinese nationals were swept out to sea yesterday near the tourist town of San Rima.
01:14One survived but another was pulled unresponsive from the water and couldn't be revived.
01:20The search continues for the third person.
01:23It's definitely one of the biggest swells we've seen over the last 12 months.
01:27Authorities urging caution after a number of rescues along the coastline.
01:32We got reports to a young three month old child that had been washed into the white water off Redhead Beach.
01:38Conditions will ease at some beaches overnight.
01:41But a number of hazardous surf warnings are expected to remain in place tomorrow.
01:46For the most effective on the sea in our legal system.
01:58We have a number of backers and safety rules on the ground.
02:00We have to perpetuate an airport from the river to the other.
02:02We have to get a number ofiatric arrests from the river to the north.
02:05We sell to the river to the river to the river that we have in the sky.
02:07What is that?
02:08How is that?
02:10What is that?
02:11We have to approach the river to the river.
02:12The river to the river to the river.