One woman has died, while three other people have been transported to hospital after 10 people were rescued from water off the rocks at a South Coast beach on Sunday afternoon.
Emergency services responded to reports of a group of 10 swimmers in distress at Surf Beach, eight kilometres south of Batemans Bay, at 2pm on Easter Sunday.
Members of the public as well as Surf Life Savers entered the water and brought 10 people to shore.