WATCH: Hero surfers spot tourist and son in trouble, rush to save them

A pair of surfers have turned into lifesavers in one of the Gold Coast’s most notorious waterways after they spotted a tourist and his son in trouble.

The surfers’ rescue was recorded on a GoPro as they were out having a paddle on their boards.

Joel Hurrey and his mate Michael O’Brien quickly notice a tourist in trouble.

The man had been trying to cross Tallebudgera Creek with his son.

In the footage, Mr O’Brien leaps into action and quickly pulls the pair to safety. Mr Hurrey helps and the pair hop on a surfboard.

“Oh, thank you so much,” one of them says.

“All good man, no worries,” Mr O’Brien responds.

Mr O’Brien said he noticed the man treading water with “his young fella hanging on around his neck and going under.

"So I thought I better give them a hand and get them to the beach,” he said.

Mr Hurrey said his mate turned into David Hasselhoff and did his best Baywatch impersonation as he leapt into rescue mode.

There have been 41 rescues in Tallebudgera Creek outside of the flags, since the start of December.

But Mr Hurrey said he and his mate were just in the right place at the right time.