BY IAN CROUCH
It's been a tragic weekend in coastal waters around Port Stephens, with two men found dead in the apace of two hours.
Police were called to Wreck Beach near Shoal Bay at about 7.40am on Saturday after a man failed to return from surfing.
They arrived to find the body of a man believed to aged in his 50's in the surf.
Then just after 9am, witnesses spotted the body of a man about 60 metres offshore in Swan Bay.
While the man's body is yet to be formally identified, it's believed to that of a 44-year-old.
Reports are being prepared for the Coroner.
