Two men surfing on Easter Sunday have died after being pulled unconsicous from the ocean, in separate incidents in northern NSW. The first drowning occurred 
at Killick Beach at Hat Head just after 4 pm, where a man was retrieved from the surf in an unresponsive 
state. Other surfers and beachgoers 
began CPR until police and paramedics arrived, however the 64-year-old was 
unable to be revived and he died at the scene. In an unrelated incident, a surfer was found unconscious 
in the water at the Illaroo campground at Minnie Water, 
east of Grafton, shortly before 5 pm. Police attended along with NSW Ambulance paramedics and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. A 48-year-old male 
surfer was winched from the water to the beach, but was declared dead at the scene.