Port Kembla fishermen swept off rocks almost shark bait

By Andrew Pearson
Updated March 25 2016 - 3:27pm, first published 3:00pm
WARNING: The scene at Honeycomb Rocks, below Hill 60 at Port Kembla, on Friday. Police have warned fishers to "never turn your back to the ocean". Pictures: Robert Peet
WARNING: The scene at Honeycomb Rocks, below Hill 60 at Port Kembla, on Friday. Police have warned fishers to "never turn your back to the ocean". Pictures: Robert Peet

One of three fishermen swept off a notorious rock platform at Port Kembla has told how they were caught off guard by a rogue wave and sent tumbling into the surging water, before being plucked to safety as a shark lurked nearby.  

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