Sydney teen found dead after vanishing from Freshwater beach was an outdoors enthusiast

A missing teenage boy who drowned off the coast of a popular Sydney beach has been remembered by his loved ones as an outdoors enthusiast – as his mother shared a heartbreaking post on social media. 

Ivan Korolev, 18, went for a swim with two friends at Freshwater Beach around 8pm on Saturday night.

His two friends called police when they lost sight of him and he failed to return to shore around 8:15pm  

Emergency services launched an extensive search and rescue operation, working through the night to try and find Ivan. 

After failing to locate him, the search began again early Sunday morning.

His body was tragically discovered in the water around 9:25am.

The body of Sydney teen Ivan Korolev (pictured), 18, was found by police in the water on Sunday. Friends and family have remembered the young man as an outdoors enthusiast 

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Friends and family have shared tributes to the young man on social media.

On Facebook, he wrote that he was a ‘lover of all things outdoors’ and enjoyed parkour.

Ivan’s heartbroken mother, Anna, shared an emotional post to social media that read: ‘My son, my son.’

Local police, the Marine Area Command, Surf Life Saving NSW, Marine Rescue, Polair and the Toll Ambulance Rescue Helicopter scoured the area from North Curl Curl headland along the coastline to Bluefish Point and further out to sea to find Ivan.

Marine officers patrolled the water, while police scoured the beach on Saturday night.

The extensive search operation continued in the morning when Ivan’s body was discovered.

Emergency services launched an extensive search and rescue operation to find Ivan after he was reported missing by his two friends when he failed to shore during a night out swimming 

Police say Ivan’s death was not suspicious.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.