About 5pm yesterday, emergency services were called to South Valla Beach, Valla, following reports an unconscious woman had been pulled from the ocean.
Police attended and were told a 73-year-old woman had been swimming in the water where she appears to have suffered a medical episode.
Paramedics attempted to revive the woman, but she died at the scene.
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.
