"The man died at the popular Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island at around 11am on Wednesday, ahead of New Year's celebrations getting under way. Emergency services were called to the scene after the man was found unresponsive in the water, local news outlets reported. A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs said it is aware of the incident and "stands ready to provide consular assistance"."
"The man is among a number of people who have died in separate incidents off the Australian coast in recent days. A young woman died after being swept into the ocean from Maroubra Beach in Sydney in the early hours of yesterday. Local police were told a 25-year-old woman was hit by a wave that knocked her into a tidal rock pool before further waves swept her out to sea. Her body was found at around 5am yesterday."
A man died at Whitehaven Beach after being found unresponsive in the water around 11am on Wednesday. Emergency services attended and the Department of Foreign Affairs said it stands ready to provide consular assistance. Several other fatalities occurred off the Australian coast in recent days, including a 25-year-old woman swept into the ocean from Maroubra Beach whose body was found around 5am, and a 45-year-old woman who died after being pulled from Dunbogan Beach. Additional people were reported missing, including a teenage boy from an overturned dinghy near Sydney's northern beaches and a swimmer believed missing off Coogee Beach; one man died near Palm Beach and another was hospitalised.
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