Police have advised a man died yesterday after being pulled from the water at Bittangabee Bay in Ben Boyd National Park, about 43km south of Eden.
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About 8.10am on Saturday, April 10, emergency services were called to the scene following a concern for welfare report for a kayaker.
Police were told the man fell from a kayak while trying to board a runabout and was removed from the water by witnesses a short time later.
CPR was commenced, however the man died at the scene. He is yet to be formally identified but is believed to be a 70-year-old Victorian.
Officers from the Marine Area Command have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.