Two dramatic rescues just minutes apart on popular Gold Coast beach

Two people have been rescued in separate incidents moments apart in a dramatic morning at a popular Gold Coast beach.

Two dramatic rescues had to be made just moments apart on a popular Gold Coast beach in an intense start to the weekend.

Lifeguard pulled a man, aged in his 20s, from the surf at Main Beach shortly after 8.32am on Saturday.

Queensland Ambulance told NCA NewsWire the man was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital.

The man suffered shortness of breath in the water, prompting Lifeguards to jump in and rescue him.

Two people were rescued on Miami Beach in the Gold Coast in a dramatic start to the weekend. Samuel Lindsa

But moments later paramedics were on the scene again, when a man was rescued from drowning at about 8:44am.

That man, believed to be in his thirties, was taken to Gold Coast hospital in a stable condition.

The beach has been rated “moderately hazardous” by BeachSafe.

According to SwellNet, waves were around one-two feet on the Gold Coast this morning with “clean and light” southerly winds.

Originally published as Two dramatic rescues just minutes apart on popular Gold Coast beach