Daily London
Police were first called to Corinella jetty, near French Island, off the Mornington Peninsula following reports three kayakers were in trouble about 2.10pm.
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.
The women, who were all wearing life jackets, ended up in the water about a kilometre from the shoreline.
They were winched to safety by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter after police spotted them in the water.
Around 3pm crews were called to Lake King in Paynesville, East Gippsland to help another kayaker in trouble.
Witnesses said they saw a 41-year-old man struggling before his kayak rolled, hours earlier.
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.
He was returned to shore unharmed.
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.
A family member called Triple-Zero after the 51-year-old woman and 17-year-old boy failed to return.
A search was launched with local police units, Air Wing, Life Saving Victoria and Queenscliff Coast Guards all trying to find them.
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.
The pair were cold and exhausted but otherwise uninjured.
