Hopefully this is a false alarm and nobody has come to any harm. However, some of the surfers and kayakers who paddle/swim out to Mudjimba Island should assess their fitness/equipment/surf conditions/weather before setting out. We fish/snorkel off Mudjimba regularly, and are constantly seeing people who are completely exhausted and having to be carted back to the mainland by lifesavers; and last time we went out, we had to rescue some bloke on one of those cheap moulded plastic kayaks (suitable only for calm river type conditions) who had fallen in and was being swept away from his kayak by the strong currents around the island. And the wind on that day was at least 20 knots, and there was a big rough swell running too. I don't know if such a thing exists or not (we launch at Mooloolaba), but perhaps there needs to be some sort of warning notice at Mudjimba about how dangerous the crossing to the island can be (if there isn't one already)?