A frantic search and rescue effort has ended in tragedy with a man drowning off Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Emergency services were called to reports a man had been washed off rocks and into the water at a beach off Boneo Rd in Cape Schanck about 9.45am on Friday.
A search of the water was launched, with the Air Wing locating the unresponsive man in the water.
He was pulled to shore but, despite efforts to revive him, he could not be saved.
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A report will be prepared for the coroner.
It follows a deadly spate of Easter drownings across the country in which at least seven people lost their lives.
