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Woman dies after scuba dive at HMAS Adelaide wreck in Terrigal
A Sydney woman has died after falling ill while scuba diving off the HMAS Adelaide wreck on the NSW central coast, police say.
The 33-year-old woman, from Bronte, died at Prince of Wales Hospital on Sunday afternoon after becoming distressed during a dive at Terrigal earlier in the day.
Police said the woman was with three other divers and a guide about 8.30am when she got into difficulty at the HMAS Adelaide wreck.
Her companions helped her to the water's surface but she fell unconscious, and they began performing CPR on her while on the dive boat.
NSW Ambulance paramedics met the boat at Terrigal, and took the woman to Gosford Hospital before she was transferred to Prince of Wales Hospital. She died just after 4pm, police said.
A post-mortem will be conducted to determine the woman's cause of death.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.