Published On: Mon, Apr 28th, 2025

Family of man, 24, swept into ocean on Good Friday plead for search to continue


Police say Adshaiyan Arunasalam, 24, from Parramatta was swept off the rocks in the huge swell which battered the coast over Easter.

Extensive searches were carried out for him.

The family of a man who was swept into the ocean in Sydney on Good Friday have pleaded with authorities to keep looking for him.Police say Adshaiyan Arunasalam, 24, was swept off the rocks in the huge swell which battered the coast over Easter.
The family of a man who was swept into the ocean in Sydney on Good Friday have pleaded with authorities to keep looking for him.Police say Adshaiyan Arunasalam, 24, was swept off the rocks in the huge swell which battered the coast over Easter. (Supplied)

Now his family, say they their “hearts are shattered”, and they just want to “bring Akshayan home”.

They want underwater searches launched.

“Every moment since has been an agonising wait, filled with uncertainty and grief that words can hardly express,” they said in a statement.

Emergency services were called to Little Bay Beach at 1.10pm after a man was seen struggling in the water.
Emergency services were called to Little Bay Beach after a man was seen struggling in the water. (9News)

“We are deeply thankful to the police, Surf Life Saving guards, and emergency services who have supported us through these dark days with their tireless work and compassion.

“But with each day that passes without specialised underwater searches, our hope grows more fragile.

“We make this urgent and heartfelt plea to the authorities: please, deploy all available resources.”

On Easter Sunday there were 50 rescues in NSW with another 100 lives saved since Good Friday, 30 of them involving the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.



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