The two adults and two children were rescued from the rocks off Manu Bay in Raglan. Photo / File
The two adults and two children were rescued from the rocks off Manu Bay in Raglan. Photo / File
Two adults and two children were rescued this morning after the boat they were paua diving off sank south of Raglan last night.
The group, which included two children under the age of 10, were about to go free-diving for paua off a 4.3-metre aluminium boat when it was hitby a rogue wave and sank about 7pm yesterday, Raglan Life Saving president Andrew Withers said.
The group, which was all wearing life jackets, then swam to rocks on the shore, about 20 minutes south of Manu Bay.
"It's a rugged coastline, and where they were there's pretty much a 20-30 metre cliff straight up from there then rocks," Mr Withers said.
The group then had no choice but to stay where they were.
They spent a cold night out in the open which they were not prepared for, he said.
"They got quite cold last night and this morning they were cold, but by the time we got to them the sun was up and they had sort of baked up a bit warmer and [had] no signs of hypothermia or anything."
This morning they flagged down a passing vessel which then raised the alarm bell.
