Lake Illawarra Police will prepare a report for the Coroner after a man died at Jones Beach on Sunday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the Kiama beach around 5pm after receiving reports that a man had been found in the surf by members of the Kiama Downs Surf Life Saving Club.

The 67-year-old man had been missing for at least 15 minutes before he was retrieved.

Despite efforts to perform CPR on the man, first responders were unable to revive the man.

The beach is patrolled between 10am and 4pm on weekends.

Police are not treating his death as suspicious and will continue investigations before tabling a report to the Coroner.

Another man died at Mermaids Inlet, near Currarong in the Shoalhaven, late on Sunday morning, believed to have been a rock fisherman who had fallen into the surf from a rock platform.

Nowra Culburra Surf Life Saving Club lifeguards rushed to the scene on a jetski and the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter was also called in to help winch the man from the water.

However, he was declared dead at the scene.

He was reportedly not wearing a life jacket.

Surf Life Saving NSW chief executive officer Steve Pearce said even though summer is officially over, everybody needed to exercise caution on our coastline.

“This is a tragic end to the summer period,” he said.

“While both drownings fell on the first day of autumn, we are still experiencing very warm days and many people are recreating along our coastline, with lifesavers out in full force for the next two months to ensure people are safe when they visit the beach.

“These incidents both occurred away from lifesaving assets and are a terrible reminder of two extremely important things to consider when you visit the coastline.

“Swim at a patrolled location between the red and yellow flags, and it’s imperative to wear a life jacket when you go rock fishing or visit a rock platform.”

A total of 42 people have drowned in NSW since the start of July with 19 coastal and ocean deaths between 1 December and 28 February.