Search underway for missing swimmer - Tweed/Byron PD

Tuesday, 06 May 2025 10:07:42 AM

A multi-agency search for a missing swimmer is underway at a beach in the Northern Rivers.

About 7.10am today (Tuesday 6 May 2025), emergency services were called to Pottsville Beach, Pottsville, after reports of a missing swimmer.

Officers attached to Tweed-Byron Police District arrived and were told an unknown woman had entered the water a short time earlier and had not resurfaced.

Police with assistance from Marine Area Command, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, and Surf Life Saving NSW, have commenced a multi-agency search to locate the woman.

She is described as being of Caucasian appearance, aged in her early 20s, of thin build, with light brown shoulder-length hair in a ponytail, and was wearing cream-coloured shorts.

Police are urging anyone with information about the whereabouts of the woman, or anyone who matches the woman’s description at Pottsville Beach, to contact Tweed-Byron Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

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