Search and rescue teams began looking for 15-year-old after friends alerted authorities shortly after 3pm on Tuesday

Search and rescue teams are continuing efforts to find a missing teenager more than a day after he was swept off a rock shelf at a New South Wales beach on Christmas Eve.

Jetskis and helicopters were deployed in the area around North Avoca beach as part of the search that included Surf Life Saving NSW, ambulances, police, and local surf life-savers, after friends of the 15-year-old alerted authorities shortly after 3pm on Tuesday.

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