Cyclone Alfred triggers jetski rescue near Noosa

A Coast Guard leader has given a detailed description of the rescue of a trio on a jet ski after the group ran into trouble in cyclonic swell.

Noosa Coast Guard vessel John Waddams crossing the bar after a week of strong winds and big swells.

Emergency crews were called to Noosa North Shore on Thursday after multiple people ran into trouble while out on a jet ski, as Cyclone Alfred loomed off the coast, bringing wild conditions to the region.

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said the alarm was raised just before midday after three people on a jet ski became stranded in rough conditions and activated a flare.

Chief lifeguard officer Trent Robinson confirmed the Noosa Coast Guard and a lifeguard went out to rescue the trio.

“It was three people on a jet ski, the jet ski had broken down,” Mr Robinson said.

The Coast Guard Noosa headquarters.

“It was close to a nautical mile out to sea, so it was a fair way out,” he said.

“A lifeguard went out on a jet ski and brought two people back and the coast guard went out as well and they brought another person back.”

Mr Robinson said the lifeguard reported the conditions were rough.

“It’s just really disappointing to see these emergency services being put in these situations,” he said.

The Noosa Coast Guard and lifeguards were called to rescue a trio off a jet ski near the Noosa North Shore about noon on March 6, as Tropical Cyclone Alfred crept closer to the Sunshine Coast. Picture: Sam Turner

Noosa Coast Guard Flotilla Commander Lindsay Hall said it was “ridiculous” to see three people venturing out on a jet ski when there was an impending cyclone.

Commander Hall said he sent a crew to help due to the jet ski owner wanting to stay behind with his watercraft while his two mates were rescued by lifeguards.

The seasoned boatie said he instructed his crew not to bring the jet ski back if it was too dangerous to do so, however they found it was safe enough to be towed back.

It’s understood none of the punters on the jet ski had a mobile phone with them and were saved due to being spotted by lifeguards.

He said most boaties in the area were sensible because they understand how dangerous the Noosa Bar can be.

“The problem with jet skis is they think they can jump waves and that’s when they come to grief,” Commander Hall said.

“That’s when someone has to go out and rescue them.

“Even the pros haven’t even gone out there this week.”

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said all three of them escaped without injury.

Man injured after falling from roof onto pool fence in Noosa

A man has reportedly fallen from a roof onto a pool fence at a Little Cove property on Thursday morning.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said paramedics were called at 10.33am and arrived to find the man in his 60s with a “significant arm injury”.

A Queensland Fire Department spokeswoman confirmed firefighters also assisted in extracting the man from where he landed.

He was later taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

Originally published as Cyclone Alfred triggers jetski rescue near Noosa