Horror as woman is winched dead from water at the Boneyard Beach near Kiama south of Sydney

Horrified swimmers at a popular Australian beach looked on as a young woman’s body was winched to shore after being swept off rocks.

The woman, 21, was retrieved by a jet ski near Bombo beach at Kiama, south of Sydney, on Tuesday before 3pm.

NSW Police confirmed emergency services rushed to the Boneyard beach at Kiama, just north of Bombo, but the young woman pulled from the water could not be revived. 

‘A 21-year-old woman was winched from the water and despite efforts, she was unable to be revived and died at the scene,’ NSW police said in a statement.

NSW Police confirmed emergency services rushed to the Boneyard beach at Kiama but the young woman could not be revived

NSW Ambulance confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that it sent five ambulance crews to the scene and a rescue helicopter just before 3pm.

It is understood she and a 21-year-old male friend were washed off rocks into the ocean nearby and quickly became distressed.

‘We winched a male believed to be in his 20s from the water and transported him to Wollongong Hospital in a serious but stable condition,’ a NSW Ambulance statement said.

The woman, 21, was retrieved by a jet ski near Bombo beach at Kiama, south of Sydney , on Tuesday before 3pm

‘He’ll be ok,’ an ambulance spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia. 

The Boneyard Beach is known as a popular fishing and snorkelling spot and gets its name from bleached skeletons of oak trees along the sand.

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