Two people have been taken to hospital with broken arms after separate accidents at sea.
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Three people had to be rescued off Alkimos on Saturday morning when their jetski overturned leaving a woman in the water with a broken arm.
Commander Mark Carruthers of the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue said the service received a phone call around 8.35am this morning from a man on the beach.
"He said he had seen something in the water and it looked like a boat," Commander Carruthers said.
The Sea Rescue boat "Green 2", skippered by Brian Dobson, was sent to the scene and on the way were told an EPIRB had been activated close by.
A short time later Sea Rescue crew pulled one person from the water and 10 minutes later found the other two.
They told rescuers they had been surfing as well as using their jetski.
The woman with the broken arm was taken to Joondalup Hospital. The two males were unhurt.
"It sounds like they had anchored the jetski but it came adrift and washed onto waves on the offshore reef," Commander Carruthers said.
Meanwhile a man on a boat off Two Rocks was also left with a broken arm on Saturday when his vessel was swamped by a wave.
Because of his injured arm he couldn't steer the boat, and the others on board were too inexperienced to take over.
They phoned the Water Police and were towed back to shore by Sea Rescue volunteers.
