Woman found dead at Jan Juc beach

A WOMAN was found dead off the coast at Jan Juc beach earlier today (Saturday, April 26).

In a statement, Victoria Police said emergency services responded to reports of a woman pulled from the water outside the Jan Juc Surf Life Saving Club just after 1pm.

The woman is yet to be formally identified, and the death is not being treated as suspicious.

Police will prepare a report for the coroner.

Today’s incident follows a man fatally drowning at Jan Juc beach in early January, and Ghanda founder Josh Rudd paddling out at Jan Juc and saving a young woman who lost her surfboard and was caught in a rip about two weeks later.