Major Search and Rescue Exercise off Ulladulla

This weekend Marine Rescue NSW specialists from the Illawarra and South Coast will take to the water off Ulladulla to search a victim missing at sea as part of a major capability exercise.

Seventy volunteers from nine Marine Rescue NSW units will be among more than 120 specialists taking part.

These MRNSW volunteers will be joined by personnel from the NSW Police Force Marine Area Command, Australian Maritime Safety Authority and Surf Life Saving NSW.

Participating Marine Rescue units are: Port Kembla, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Jervis Bay, Sussex Inlet, Ulladulla, Kioloa, Batemans Bay, Tuross Moruya.
 
 

Above: Rescue vessel Sussex Inlet 20 taking its place in the harbour, ready for the start of tomorrow's exercise.