NSW has recorded the highest number of surf rescues in the last five years, during the Christmas break. Around 1,200 rescues have been performed by lifesavers along the state's coastline. 9News MORE:
Martin said the large wave came through and hit the boat with a bang, causing the man to fall overboard.
"We started realising it was pretty precarious, there is sharp jagged rocks either side of him," Martin said.'They are afraid of us': How billionaires prep for the apocalypse "Certainly my wife and I took the kids away in case there was something bad that they could have seen." Martin said a body boarder went to help and about five men rescued the man after he was in the ocean for about 25 minutes.
"I wasn't expecting a boat to go through… certainty it was crazy enough to pick up my phone to film it," Martin said."A male in his 50s was taken to South East Regional Hospital in a stable condition with potential chest injuries," NSW Ambulance said.Luckily all passengers escaped without serious injury.
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