Eighty-four per cent of people rescued by lifeguards at south coast beaches this summer were from the Australian Capital Territory, with men comprising 92 per cent of those rescued and 82 per cent of those men aged between 18 and 35.
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According to figures from Eurobodalla Shire's beach contractor Lifeguarding Services Australia, the number of rescues since last summer dropped by 40 per cent, despite an increase in attendance at their eight monitored beaches.
Eurobodalla beaches are among Canberra's favourite holiday destinations and overall there were 25 rescues performed, with 21 of those people from the ACT and two from Queanbeyan.
According to LSA, 23 of those rescued were men, with 19 aged between 18 and 35, one under 10 and two over 50-years-old.
Preventative action, which includes moving people back between flags, were up 44 per cent with a total of 6215 performed.
First-aid applications were up 700 per cent, partly attributed to north-easterly winds bringing in more blue bottle jellyfish.
Lightning and poor conditions closed beaches under LSA supervision 10 times and shark sightings three times.
There were 138,977 visitors to the beaches monitored by LSA, up 17,454 from last year, with Surf Beach, Tuross beach and Broulee beach the three most popular.
Broulee had the most rescues, with 14 performed, followed by Malua Bay beach with only four.
LSA lifeguards were called to six off-location rescues and also worked with police, including documenting dangerous jet ski behaviour at Broulee and Surf Beach.
While there were no fatal drownings under LSA's watch this summer, according to the Royal Life Saving Society Australia 92 people drowned nationally between December 1, 2016 and February 28, 2017.
According to Surf Life Saving NSW, 27 people had drowned in NSW since July 1 and there had been one drowning at Merry Beach. Merry Beach is not monitored by LSA.
Earlier this summer, it was revealed only one in seven ACT children can swim 50 metres, with LSA chief executive Stan Wall then calling for mandatory and continuous swimming lessons for every child in Australia.
In a statement on Friday, Mr Wall said he was extremely proud of the work done by his team.
"Lifeguarding Services Australia is proud to report that zero lives were lost at the councils eight patrolled beaches," Mr Wall said.
