<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three kayakers and two paddle boarders have been rescued from waters across </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victoria's"><span>Victoria's</span></a><span> coastline in three separate incidents on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/christmas" rel="" target="" title="Christmas "><span>Christmas</span></a><span> Day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police were first called to Corinella jetty, near French Island, off the Mornington Peninsula following reports three kayakers were in trouble about 2.10pm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A mother and her two teenage daughters were trying to retrieve an adrift kayak when the current and strong winds swept them into Western Port Bay, police said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/police-release-details-of-arson-suspect-after-car-with-hanukkah-signage-firebombed/854e4333-9e1a-436d-8b9a-e9ffaa38577f" rel="" target="" title=" Police release details of arson suspect after car with Hanukkah signage firebombed"><strong><span>Police release details of arson suspect after car with Hanukkah signage firebombed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The women, who were all wearing life jackets, ended up in the water about a kilometre from the shoreline.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were winched to safety by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter after police spotted them in the water.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Around 3pm crews were called to Lake King in Paynesville, East Gippsland to help another kayaker in trouble.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/six-lives-saved-on-christmas-day-after-paddleboarders-and-kayakers-are-drift-into-trouble/002bf7ae-2eeb-401d-8e4a-79101df14633" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses said they saw a 41-year-old man struggling before his kayak rolled, hours earlier.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/boxing-day-sales-australia/139dbd0e-0d62-462b-996a-debde14a221e" target="" title="Aussies expected to spend $3.1b in Boxing Day sales despite cost-of-living crisis"><strong><span>Aussies expected to spend $3.1b in Boxing Day sales despite cost-of-living crisis</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Air Wing spotted the Hoppers Crossing man and dropped a smoke marker highlighting his location, where he was picked up by the coast guard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was returned to shore unharmed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On the other side of the state, police were called to a caravan park jetty in Port Arlington around 3pm, where a pair of paddleboarders had set out two hours earlier.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A family member called Triple-Zero after the 51-year-old woman and 17-year-old boy failed to return.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A search was launched with local police units, Air Wing, Life Saving Victoria and Queenscliff Coast Guards all trying to find them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Air Wing officers spotted them lying on their boards and waving near Wyndham Harbour about 6.20pm, more than 10 kilometres from where they set off.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pair, who were not wearing life jackets, were cold and exhausted but otherwise uninjured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, 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