Fisherman’s body discovered off NSW coast

The body of a 57-year-old Canberra fisherman has been retrieved off the NSW far south coast.

The search for the man, missing since Monday off Haycock Point, south of Pambula, had been scaled down on Tuesday.

However, a member of the public spotted the body about 100m out to sea at the northern end of Merimbula Bay on Tuesday night, Surf Life Saving Duty Officer Andrew Edmunds said in a statement.

“We had very challenging conditions for the two days of the search,” Mr Edmunds said.

“Sadly we were unable to find the man alive and it is a very sad reminder why people should wear lifejackets when rock fishing.”

Meanwhile, the search for a 15-year-old boy missing off the NSW Central Coast was called off on Tuesday night.

Keon Sbrugnera, 15, was swimming at The Entrance beach on Sunday afternoon when he was caught in a rip.

A police spokesman said authorities had decided to call off the search for the High School student on Tuesday night.

Tributes were paid to the popular teenager on Facebook.

“A young life taken to (sic) soon,” one person wrote.

Keon’s grandmother Joan told the Newcastle Herald that the teenager’s family, including his twin brother Callan, were devastated.

“The family is really not holding up well at all,” she told the newspaper.

“It’s just terrible. Callan is just heartbroken. The whole family is.”

Meanwhile, a fisherman was rescued from rocks at Hat Head, on the NSW mid-north coast, on Tuesday morning.

Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter CEO Stephen Leahy said the man was reported missing at 1pm (AEDT) on Monday.

He was winched off the rocks on Tuesday morning and is thought to have spent the night stranded.

Mr Leahy says dangerous surf conditions are expected until at least Thursday afternoon.

“Conditions are going to continue to remain dangerous for the next 48 hours,” he told AAP.

South Maroubra Beach, in Sydney’s east, was closed on Tuesday because of dangerous surf.

Randwick mayor Scott Nash urged swimmers and rock fishermen to exercise extreme caution.

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