Search for missing swimmer off Vic coast

A search will resume at first light for a swimmer who went missing at Station Beach near Cape Otway in southern Victoria.

The 34-year-old Ivanhoe man entered the surf with a friend around 3pm on Sunday, police say.

Both were caught in a rip with one managing to swim to shore while the other was swept further off shore in heavy surf.

A search by local police and the police air wing failed to find him and was called off at 6.30pm due to failing light.