A public tip-off has three boats searching for a potentially sunken vessel off a Port Macquarie beach.
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As a result of the call, just after 1.30pm, Port Macquarie Marine Rescue began an emergency search off the coast of Nobbys Beach, unit commander Greg Davies said.
“We received an emergency call by members of the public that a boat was sinking after potentially coming into contact with a whale off the coast of Port Macquarie, near Nobbys Beach,” Mr Davies said.
“At this time we have sent two of our rescue boats out approximately three nautical miles off the coast but have been unable to locate any vessels or people at this time.
“We have also made contact with all vessels in the area who are currently logged on to our system and they and all their passengers have been accounted for.”
Mr Davies said Marine Rescue has also been joined by Roads and Maritime are now conducting a full scale search of the area where members of the public reported the encounter.
“We have not been able to locate any missing persons or boats at this time but Maritime have joined us and we have started a full scale parallel search with three vessels to ensure the area is properly checked.”
During the search Marine Area Command (MAC) in Sydney, the authority over Marine Rescue Port Macquarie took over control and after a search that lasted more than two hours, called it off at 3.15pm.
“After an extensive search MAC called our search off and our boats have returned to the boat shed in Port Macquarie.
“Events like this are a timely reminder for boat, yacht and jetski users of the importance of logging on with Marine Rescue every time you enter the water.”
