A woman has drowned in notoriously dangerous waters off Victoria’s southern coast after being swept off rocks.
Emergency services were called to the bottom of the Cape Schanck boardwalk where the 53-year-old Chinese national was found in the water about 12.15pm on Monday.
“Police winched the woman from the water. However, sadly she was already deceased,” Victoria Police said in a statement.
“It is understood a group of three people were swept off rocks near the boardwalk and only two were able to make it back to shore safely.”
Police later said the two survivors were a 55-year-old man from China and a 24-year-old man from Parkville.
“It is believed the trio were walking along rocks on Black Rock Beach when they were swept away by a wave,” a spokeswoman said.
A helicopter near Cape Schanck lighthouse on Monday afternoon.Credit: Nine News
Two people have died in at least five incidents near Bushrangers Bay on the Bass Strait side of the Mornington Peninsula in recent years.
In February, eight people were injured when a wave knocked them onto rocks near Cape Schanck.
In 2021, Aida Hamed died when she was swept off a rock with three others at Bushrangers Bay.
In January 2019, a man drowned while swimming at Bushrangers Bay Beach.
In December 2018, a man drowned while diving on Christmas Day.
In April 2017, a man was flown to hospital in a critical condition after he and six others were washed off rocks.
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