Salmon Rocks, at Cape Conran Coastal Park, is a popular scuba-diving area.
A woman has died in hospital after nearly drowning while diving off Cape Conran in East Gippsland.
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The woman, believed to be in her 60s, went into cardiac arrest after being pulled unconscious from the water about 12.45pm on Tuesday.
She was taken to shore by boat, where paramedics performed CPR on her for more than an hour but were able to revive her.
She was flown by air ambulance to The Alfred hospital in a critical condition, but died late Tuesday night.