Earlier this morning the Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter winched a man to safety after he found himself in trouble at Tomaree Headland.
The chopper responded to reports a 65 year old male was spear fishing when he got into difficulties suffering emersion.
He was dragged from the water onto the rocks, where a medical team was winched in.
The patient was stabilised at the scene, winched out, and taken to John Hunter Hospital reportedly in a stable condition.
