A woman has died and a man is missing after they were swept from rocks near a popular coastal walk.
Emergency workers were called to a beach off Punch Bowl Road near San Remo, 125km south-east of Melbourne, on Friday morning after reports three people were washed into the water.
One woman managed to get back to shore while an aerial search found a second woman unresponsive in the water. She could not be revived. A search was continuing for the man.
Punchbowl Rocks beach is near the George Bass coastal walk and surrounded by high bluffs, reefs and rocks.
The incident followed a fisher dying after being swept into water at Wollongong harbour on Friday morning.
Emergency services were called to Endeavour Drive about 6.15am after reports a man was pulled from the water unconscious. The 58-year-old could not be revived.
He had been fishing on a rock wall nearby when he was swept into the water, police believe.
Separate reports will be prepared for the coroner on both deaths.
Australians have been urged to take care on the water during the long weekend.
Over the past 20 years, 118 Australians have drowned during Easter, according to Royal Life Saving Australia.
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