Search operation for 15-year-old moves into ‘recovery phase’ after he went missing at North Avoca Beach on the Central Coast

Tributes are flowing in for 15-year-old Luca Bennett as rescue crews scale back a search for the teenager after he was swept off rocks at a popular beach.

Luca Bennett went missing about 3pm on Christmas Eve off North Avoca Beach on the New South Wales Central Coast.

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