Update:
The search for the missing swimmer has been suspended.
Original story:
A multi-agency search for a missing swimmer is underway at Pottsville Beach in Tweed Shire.
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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