The body of a 34-year-old Canberra fisherman has been located during a search on the NSW South Coast.

About 5:10pm on Friday 7 March, police were called to a location about 5km from Boyds Tower at Edrom, south of Eden, following reports a man had been swept off rocks into the water.

Emergency services commenced a search for the man that was suspended at about 7:20pm.

The search continued over the weekend and resumed today, Monday 10 March. About 10:15am, police divers located the body of a man in Leather Jacket Bay, close to where he was last sighted.

Officers attached to South Coast Police established a crime scene. The body is believed to be that, of a missing 34-year-old fisherman.

The man had reportedly been fishing with his brother, who was also washed into the water before making it back to the rocks.