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Fourteen holiday deaths in NSW waters

Fourteen people have died in waters across NSW since Christmas.

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WATER DEATHS IN NSW SINCE CHRISTMAS DAY:

DECEMBER 30:

* A body, believed to belong to a 42-year-old man who went missing while swimming on Wednesday, discovered at Wagga Wagga

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

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

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

*An elderly 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. His sister earlier died.

* The body of a man, believed to be aged between 65 and 75, discovered at Byron Bay on state's north coast

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 from the water at Greendale in western Sydney after he went missing while swimming with friends 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 27-year-old man dies at Kangaroo Valley in NSW Shoalhaven region during a Boxing Day swim at a picnic ground

DECEMBER 25:

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


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