"He's living, he's breathing, he's conscious, he's talking – the ambulance here are doing their best to obviously keep him alert.
"There's no doubt he would have taken a fair bit of water in."
Burt quickly returned to the cameras after the rescue. Photo / 7 news
Burt reminded viewers that ocean gutters – deeper sections of water between two sandbanks – could be extremely risky for swimmers, especially given recent surf conditions in the area.
"These gutters here are very, very dangerous," he said.
"We've had half a dozen rescues on the Gold Coast here this week."
The close shave comes just days after a man died after taking to the water for a swim in difficult conditions at Main Beach on the Gold Coast.
The man, believed to be in his 40s, was swimming with another person in an unpatrolled area when both began to struggle in the water.
When lifeguards pulled the pair ashore the man went into cardiac arrest and was declared dead at Gold Coast University Hospital.
Paramedic Adam Flory said the men weren't swimming between the flags.
"If you swim at an unpatrolled section of the beach and you don't follow the directions of lifeguards, you're putting yourself at risk," he said.
