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Kane Treloar points out the brown sand churned up in the water washing out to sea at Thirteenth Beach, near Barwon Heads. It’s a telltale sign of a rip.
Just last weekend a 56-year-old man drowned in big waves at this section of unpatrolled beach. A helicopter winched the man from the water but lifeguards could not revive him.
Life Saving Victoria’s Kane Treloar at Thirteenth Beach where a man died earlier this month.
Credit:Justin McManus
“The water was turbulent that day. It was full of sand,” Mr Treloar says. “Then the next day another four people were pulled out here in exactly the same place.”