‘It’s a miracle’: teenagers describe ordeal of drifting 30km overnight off Victoria’s Mornington peninsula

Rong Shi, 18, says ‘it was really hard’ as he and four friends were swept across Phillip Bay on paddleboards after an end-of-school adventure went wrong

A teenager who survived the night drifting on inflatable paddle boards in choppy waters off Victoria’s Mornington peninsula with three friends has described their escape as a “miracle”.

The two 18-year-old men and two women, 18 and 19, were found on Swan Island off the Bellarine peninsula about 9am on Tuesday after they got caught in strong easterly winds.