Swimmer dies after being pulled from water - Cabarita Beach
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A man has died after being pulled from the water in the state’s north yesterday.
About 12.30pm (Saturday 19 September 2026), emergency services were called to Cabarita Beach, following reports surfers had located a man’s body in the water.
Officers attached to Tweed/Byron Police District attended and found three members of the public attempting to revive a male swimmer.
He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Tweed Valley Hospital where he later died.
The man is yet to be formally identified but is believed to be aged in his 50s.
Police have commenced an investigation into the incident, and a report will be prepared for the information of the NSW Coroner.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au . Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Tweed council area
Tweed is a council area in New South Wales with about 101,044 residents. It has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 213th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by homicide (61st percentile), assault (37th percentile), robbery (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.
- Violent
- 1,035 per 100k
- Property
- 3,154 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 339 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,496 per 100k
See the full Tweed crime profile
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