Paramedics have treated swimmers for life threatening injuries at Alexandra Headlands.

A man was pulled from the water at a Sunshine Coast beach after suffering potentially life threatening injuries.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 10, 2020. A Westpac rescue helicopter hovers above a media event attended by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (left) at North Kirra beach on the Gold Coast. Ms Palaszczuk announced a $30 million boost for Surf Life Saving Queensland as she campaigns for her re-election. Queenslanders will go to the polls on October 31. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

A man is fighting for life in hospital after being pulled from the ocean at a popular Sunshine Coast beach.

The man in his 40s suffered significant head injuries while in the water and was briefly submerged at Alexandra Headlands on Sunday.

Lifeguards pulled him from the water and administered first aid until emergency services arrived at 11:17am.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the man sustained potentially life threatening injuries and was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Emergency services rushed back to the same location at 12:30 to treat a teenage girl who was also pulled from the water by lifeguards after finding herself in trouble.

She was assessed as being in a stable condition.

Originally published as Paramedics have treated swimmers for life threatening injuries at Alexandra Headlands.