Mum 'was drinking' before body found

Police believe a body recovered from Sydney Harbour is that of a 49-year-old woman who went missing from a boat overnight

A MOTHER of two was a competent swimmer but had been drinking with her family before police found her body in Sydney Harbour.

The 49-year-old mother of two from Sydney's north shore was last seen around midnight this morning on the deck of her family's 12-metre cruiser anchored about 500m offshore from Rose Bay wharf.

Police suspect the woman, her husband and their son, 14, and daughter, 12, picked the vantage point in preparation for the New Year's Eve fireworks.

The woman, who stayed on deck while her family went to sleep, had been drinking during the night, police said.

Her husband woke at 2am and raised the alarm when he could not find her on the vessel.

A search commenced with a Westpac Rescue Helicopter, two police boats and around 20 officers combing the nearby shoreline.

Police retrieved her body from under a jetty, adjacent to Catalina Restaurant at Rose Bay around 6.15am.

"We have information the lady was drinking prior to going missing," Detective Inspector Darren Schott from Marina Area Command told reporters on Monday.

"We just want to remind everyone that boating and alcohol don't mix."

A number of boats were anchored in the area but so far police do not have any witnesses who saw the woman just before she went into the water.

The Homicide Squad has been alerted to the incident, as standard practice, and police said it was too early to determine if there were any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.

Police would not comment on how much the woman had to drink, why she stayed up late and what caused her husband to awake at 2am.

She was a competent swimmer, Det Insp Schott said, and police will know more once an initial forensic examination of the boat concludes at the scene.

The vessel will then be towed to Marine Area Command in Balmain where it will undergo a more detailed examination.

A body was found at 6.30am this morning. Police have yet to formally identify the body.

The boat has been towed to Balmain for examination.

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