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Calls for greater safety among surfers at the world-famous Shipstern Bluff

After CPR, Harry Hollmer-Cross coughed up water and started breathing again. (Supplied: Andrew Chisholm)

Big-wave surfer James Hollmer-Cross was sitting astride a jet ski watching his son Harry catch waves at Tasmania's famous Shipstern Bluff last Sunday, when he saw his worst nightmare come true.

After two good rides, Harry wiped out, hitting his head on the ocean bottom and surfacing unconscious to float face down in the water.

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