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Police investigate missing Sydney surfer

A search by emergency services has failed to locate a surfer reported to police as missing at an east Sydney surf spot.

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Police are investigating reports of a surfer missing at a bay in Sydney's east.

Emergency services were called to a car park at Gordons Bay, near south Clovelly, about 6.30pm (AEST) on Wednesday after reports a male surfer had vanished.

Police launched a sea and air search for the man, but he couldn't be located.

A witness has told police he saw the surfer leave the water.

The surfer was wearing a black wetsuit with a white print on each shoulder and was on a light blue surfboard, police say.

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