Eighteen deaths in NSW waters

RECENT WATER-RELATED DEATHS IN NSW:

JANUARY 3:

* Former Family Court judge Richard Gee, 83, found in his backyard pool in Belrose

JANUARY 2:

* A body, believed to be that of a 44-year-old man, is found in Lake Eucumbene in the Snowy Mountains

JANUARY 1:

* A two-year-old girl found in a backyard pool in Macquarie Fields

DECEMBER 30:

* A body, believed to belong to 42-year-old Peter Abd-El-Kaddous who went missing while swimming in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga Wagga, recovered

* A 46-year-old man dies while swimming at Yamba on NSW north coast

* A body, believed to be 14-year-old Tui Gallaher missing for three days, found at Sydney's Maroubra beach

* A Pakistani man, 27, dies after being pulled from waterhole at Mermaid Pools in Sydney's south

*A man, believed to be in his 70s, dies after being pulled from Lady Robinsons Beach in Sydney's south.

DECEMBER 29:

* A two-year-old boy dies in hospital one week after he and twin sister were pulled unconscious from a backyard swimming pool.

DECEMBER 28:

* A 64-year-old man from Kyogle pulled from the water at Belongil Beach, Byron Bay

DECEMBER 27:

* A man's body found in swimming baths at The Entrance on NSW central coast after he suffered suspected heart attack

* A 25-year-old man's body recovered in Greendale in western Sydney after he went missing while swimming on Boxing Day

DECEMBER 26:

* Geoffrey Blackadder, 60, died trying to rescue young relatives from rip at Wooli Beach on the NSW north coast

* A man, 56, drowns at Merry Beach at Kioloa on NSW south coast

* A 59-year-old man dies from a suspected cardiac arrest near the entrance of the Evan's River on the north coast

* A 27-year-old man dies at Kangaroo Valley in the Shoalhaven region during a Boxing Day swim at a picnic ground

* A two-year-old girl dies in hospital after being pulled unconscious from a backyard swimming pool with her brother.

DECEMBER 25:

* A 27-year-old man died in the Wattamolla lagoon at Royal National Park, south of Sydney