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Frantic search for young man last seen falling off a boat at popular holiday spot on the Murray River

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Emergency services (pictured) scoured the waters along the New South Wales-Victoria border for hours but found no trace of the man.

A search is underway for a man who fell from a boat at a popular holiday spot on the Murray River and did not resurface.

NSW Police responded to reports that the man, believed to be in his 20s, fell into the water near a boat ramp in Moama around 7.30pm on Tuesday.

Emergency services searched nearby waters, along the New South Wales-Victoria border, for hours but found no trace of the man.

Marine Rescue NSW used a floodlight on the river and its banks when the light faded and had to suspend the operation when it became dark.

The search resumed at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

An estimated 1.5 million people visit the border towns of Echuca and Moama each year, and the two towns on either side of the Murray River operate as a single community.

The area is popular with campers and water skiers.

Emergency services (pictured) scoured the waters along the New South Wales-Victoria border for hours but found no trace of the man.

The man, believed to be in his 20s, fell into the water near a boat ramp at Moama (pictured), on the New South Wales-Victoria border, about 7.30pm on Tuesday.

The man, believed to be in his 20s, fell into the water near a boat ramp at Moama (pictured), on the New South Wales-Victoria border, about 7.30pm on Tuesday.

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