The body of a woman has been pulled from the water after being swept off rocks.
The woman was walking with two other people near a boardwalk at Cape Schanck off the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria on Monday.
The trio was swept into the water and only two were able to return to shore.
They were transported in a stable condition to Rosebud Hospital.
Emergency services were called and a woman’s body was winched from the water at the bottom of the Cape Schanck boardwalk at around 12.15pm.
The woman’s death is not being treated as suspicious and police will prepare a report for the coroner.
The woman has not been formerly identified.
Cape Schanck is located on the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne.
A woman has died after being swept into the water off the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria
Cape Schanck Boardwalk is a scenic pathway located within the Cape Schanck Lighthouse Reserve.
The boardwalk is a very popular tourist destination, offering visitors stunning views of the dramatic coastline and the iconic Cape Schanck Lighthouse.
In January last year, a 24-year-old man died after falling from a cliff face in Cape Schanck, just off the Two Bays walking track at Bushrangers Bay.
Police said two 24-year-old men from NSW were climbing the cliff face when they fell.
CPR was performed on one of the men, but he died at the scene.
The surviving man was taken to hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Cape Schanck Boardwalk is a very popular tourist destination, offering visitors stunning views of the dramatic coastline and the iconic Cape Schanck Lighthouse
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