The 34-year-old man was one of multiple people who got into trouble at Greenpatch Beach at 4.45pm yesterday.
However, he could not be revived, and he died at the scene.
Three other people were attended to by paramedics, but none needed more medical attention.
He was pulled from the water at Lobster Bay Beach in Shoalhaven and could not be revived.
Mel Austin died on New Year’s Day trying to save her child. (9News)
Mel Austin was swimming at Dunbogan Beach on New Year’s Day, when her child was caught in a rip.
She herself then came into difficulty, and could not be saved by her husband, Joel.
Five people have now drowned in beaches in New South Wales over the holiday period.
Searches for two missing people in Sydney have now been called off.
On New Year’s Day, a 22-year-old Nepalese man Sushana Khadka was swept away at Coogee Beach, but has not been found.