A desperate search for a missing man is under way after a boat capsize on the NSW Hunter coast yesterday evening.
Four men were thrown into waters near Channel Street in Swansea after the small boat they were travelling in overturned about 7.50pm.
Passengers on a passing boat managed to pull three men – two aged 23, and the other aged 20 – to safety at Dobinson Drive.
Footage, obtained by Today, shows the stranded men being pulled from the freezing water.
Paramedics treated the three men at the scene and one 23-year-old suffering hypothermia was taken to hospital.
Police said a multi-agency search resumed early this morning for a fourth man, aged 23, who remains missing.
The master of the boat, also aged 23, has been taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
Marine Area Command, PolAir, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Fire and Rescue NSW are involved in the search for the missing man.
Anyone with information into the incident is urged to call police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.