{"id":58727,"date":"2026-07-26T13:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/58727\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:44:13","slug":"la-perouse-sydney-man-dies-after-boat-capsized-by-large-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/58727\/","title":{"rendered":"La Perouse, Sydney: Man dies after boat capsized by large wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has died and another has been taken to hospital after a boat capsized after a rough wave in Sydney\u2019s eastern suburbs. <\/p>\n<p>The two friends were fishing offshore form Bear Island near La Perouse about 10.30am Sunday when a large wave capsized the boat and threw the men into the water. <\/p>\n<p>A person on a jet ski was able to get one of the men, aged 74, out of the water and to the shore. <\/p>\n<p>There he was treated by paramedics and taken to Prince of Wales Hospital in a stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>The other man, who is yet to be identified, was flown out of the water by a Westpac Lifesaver helicopter and taken to a landing on Anzac Parade in La Perouse. <\/p>\n<p>Paramedics performed CPR on the man but he was declared dead at the scene. <\/p>\n<p>Police believe the men were not wearing life jackets at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(The 74-year-old) was staying afloat by holding onto debris from the boat, and then the divers \u2014 civilian recreational divers \u2014 went over to assist him,\u201d Detective Inspector Ryan Booker said. <\/p>\n<p>He said the divers who helped rescue the 74-year-old was \u2018very brave\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey assisted police during the incident by helping that male to be supported to a nearby jet ski and brought ashore to receive medical attention,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Inspector Booker described the incident as a tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a tragic incident and serves as a reminder to everyone to ensure they wear a life jacket, check the sea and weather conditions before leaving,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>The boat was damaged and broken up during the incident. <\/p>\n<p>Chris Hibbard, who was fishing at the time, told the Sydney Morning Herald he saw the boat before it was capsized by the large wave. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose waves truly scared me. They were that fierce. I can\u2019t describe how big they were,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never seen a wave so big down there. You couldn\u2019t see land. They were ginormous.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Police have urged anyone who witnessed the incident or has footage of the boat to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. <\/p>\n<p>Read related topics:<a class=\"topic_tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/topics\/sydney\" data-tgev-container=\"story-topic-links\" data-tgev-label=\"Sydney\" data-tgev-order=\"1\" data-tgev-metric=\"npv\" data-tgev=\"event10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has died and another has been taken to hospital after a boat capsized after a rough&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[43896,46744,50601,63487,63493,63479,63484,63464,37420,63475,40365,46898,63485,63471,63476,63488,36709,63483,63478,305,41046,63480,63468,35482,63472,63490,39,63467,63463,46673,63474,63486,33821,9922,379,63481,12184,1047,63466,19816,247,63462,61590,63465,36531,63482,37640,43345,37168,63492,37559,35170,36556,63477,37514,63469,63491,63470,63473,63489],"class_list":["post-58727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sydney","tag-s-eastern-suburbs","tag-10-30am","tag-50601","tag-a-boat","tag-a-jet-ski","tag-a-landing","tag-a-large-wave","tag-a-life-jacket","tag-a-man","tag-a-nearby-jet-ski","tag-a-person","tag-a-reminder","tag-a-rough-wave","tag-a-stable-condition-the-other-man","tag-a-tragedy","tag-a-tragic-incident","tag-a-wave","tag-a-westpac-lifesaver-helicopter","tag-anzac-parade","tag-boat","tag-both-men","tag-chris-hibbard","tag-civilian-recreational-divers","tag-cpr","tag-debris","tag-detective-inspector-ryan-booker","tag-hospital","tag-inspector-booker","tag-la-perouse","tag-land","tag-large-wave","tag-life-jackets","tag-man","tag-medical-attention","tag-newswire-news","tag-offshore-form-bear-island","tag-paramedics","tag-police","tag-prince","tag-sunday","tag-sydney","tag-the-74-year-old","tag-the-boat","tag-the-divers","tag-the-incident","tag-the-large-wave","tag-the-man","tag-the-men","tag-the-scene","tag-the-sea-and-weather-conditions","tag-the-shore","tag-the-sydney-morning-herald","tag-the-time","tag-the-two-friends","tag-the-water","tag-their-boat","tag-those-waves","tag-tragic","tag-two-friends","tag-wales-hospital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}