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Teams hit WA’s south coast waters for third day in search of missing teen rock fisherman
Ocean rescue crews on Western Australia’s south coast are preparing for their worst conditions yet, as they enter the third day of the search for a man lost to swell near Albany.
Key points:
- A man was washed out to sea on Saturday while fishing east of Albany
- Albany Sea Rescue Squad operations co-ordinator Chris Johns is calling on more people to wear life jackets along the coast
- Mr Johns says though the conditions are tough, people can survive if they wear a personal flotation device
Police, SES and Albany Sea Rescue Squad teams were called to Cheynes on Saturday afternoon after reports a wave had swept two men into the ocean, about 50 kilometres east of Albany.
One of those men, a 23-year-old, was pulled from the water alive on Saturday.
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