Diver dies after being found unconscious

The body of a diver has been found in water off Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula after a horror day on the water.

Authorities were called to Mount Eliza just before 3.30pm after a driver came into trouble near a rocky shore line off Ranelagh Beach.

Nearby paddlers heard the man screaming and rushed over to save him before dragging him to shore.

Paramedics worked on the man, aged in his 30s, but he could not be saved.

Meanwhile, a man in his 20s is a serious but stable condition after falling off his surf board at Barwon Heads.

The man was surfing at 13^th Beach when he fell off his board and hit his head.

He was saved by two other surfers and taken to a local hospital before being airlifted to the Alfred Hospital.

After receiving medical treatment, his condition is said to be improving.