Crews train for peak season

A fleet of Marine Rescue NSW vessels is sweeping across Jervis Bay on a search and rescue mission this morning.

The vessels and crews from six units in the Illawarra region are not responding to a life-threatening emergency but are staging a coordinated search exercise as part of their training to ensure they’re rescue-ready for the summer boating season.

Almost 40 rescue vessel Leading Crew members and radio operators from Marine Rescue Port Kembla, Marine Rescue Shoalhaven, Marine Rescue Jervis Bay, Marine Rescue Sussex Inlet, Marine Rescue Ulladulla and Marine Rescue Kioloa are taking part.

The exercise began with a briefing at the MR Jervis Bay base this morning before the crews headed out on the water, navigating in a parallel search pattern to locate four pre-deployed targets.