Tourist dies after jump from jetty at Gold Coast

A tourist has died in hospital after being pulled unconscious from a popular swimming spot at the Gold Coast yesterday.

The woman, aged 25, is believed to have taken a swim with friends off a jetty at Southport Broadwater, when she failed to resurface at roughly 4.40pm.

Reports suggest she was underwater for more than 10 minutes before being pulled by onlookers.

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Bystanders attempted CPR on the woman before paramedics arrived, who later transported her to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.

"Bystanders started CPR on the woman before our arrival... she's continued on to the Gold Coast University in a critical condition," Queensland Ambulance officer David Morgan said from the scene.

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"Quite a traumatic event.

"For someone to go missing like that, quite quickly, a lot of people were distressed by it."

Despite doctors' efforts the woman was unable to be saved and died in hospital overnight.