Police hope to find missing teenager alive after he was swept out to sea in western Victoria

Boy, 14, went missing near Blowholes Road in Cape Bridgewater, about 350km from Melbourne on Tuesday

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Victorian authorities say they have not given up hope on finding a teenager alive after he was swept out to sea off the state’s west coast on Tuesday night.

The 14-year-old boy went missing in the ocean at Blowholes Road in Cape Bridgewater, about 350km from Melbourne, at about 7.30pm on Tuesday.

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