The State’s peak coastal rescue organisation is pleading with swimmers to stay vigilant, after multiple close calls and a horror drowning at a tourist hot-spot north of Perth.

Surf Life Saving WA have already responded to multiple reports of swimmers caught in rips this spring, including a terrifying incident off the coast of Yanchep on Thursday.

“With the arrival of warmer weather and the school holidays, we’re seeing people heading back to the water in large numbers,” SLSWA general manager Chris Peck said on Friday.

“At this time of year on the coast, the conditions are optimal for creating high-risk situations for inexperienced beachgoers.

“Just yesterday, we were called to two incidents at Yanchep Lagoon where swimmers needed to be rescued.”

It comes just days after Tshering Penjo

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