Woman drowns at Sydney’s Gordons Bay and surfer dies at Jervis Bay on NSW south coast

The woman was pulled unconscious from the water about 1.40pm on Monday after a medical episode

A woman in her 40s has drowned while swimming at Gordons Bay in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, while a man in his 60s died surfing on the New South Wales south coast on Monday.

Police say the woman was pulled unconscious from the water about 1.40pm on Monday after appearing to have suffered a medical episode.

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