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| Search continues for English tourist missing at Australia's South Curl Curl beach | Search continues for English tourist missing at Australia's South Curl Curl beach |
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| The search for an English tourist who went missing while swimming at a northern Sydney beach was continuing on Sunday afternoon. | |
| The 31-year-old man went for a swim at South Curl Curl beach about 7pm on Saturday after fishing nearby with his friends, who raised the alarm when he did not return. | The 31-year-old man went for a swim at South Curl Curl beach about 7pm on Saturday after fishing nearby with his friends, who raised the alarm when he did not return. |
| Related: Real-time shark tracking apps to be trialled at Australian beaches | Related: Real-time shark tracking apps to be trialled at Australian beaches |
| Boats and jetskis were launched on Sunday morning as foot patrols continued and helicopters will possibly join the search later, a police spokeswoman said. | Boats and jetskis were launched on Sunday morning as foot patrols continued and helicopters will possibly join the search later, a police spokeswoman said. |
| The man had been celebrating with friends at South Curl Curl beach on his last day before he was due to fly out. | |
| Police believe he is from Manchester, England, and had only been in the country for a week. | |
| His friends say they lost sight of him when he was about 100m from shore and raised the alarm about 7pm on Saturday, telling police he wasn’t a strong swimmer. | |
| They waited in the surf club overnight as local police, Polair, water police, Surf Rescue New South Wales and the Lifesaver rescue helicopter searched for the man but found no sign of him. | |
| North and South Curl Curl beaches were closed on Sunday as police divers joined the operation in choppy seas on Sunday, along with searchers on two jet skis, in three rubber duckies and the police launch. | |
| Police say it’s possible the missing man made it out of the surf and officers are searching the streets. |