Police will prepare a report for the coroner after a man drowned at Williamstown this afternoon, Victoria Police say.
The man was swimming with a male friend in waters off The Timeball Tower when he got into trouble shortly after 6pm.
His friend has managed to bring him to shore where some passers-by commenced CPR however he died at the scene.
The man, aged in his 40s, is yet to be formally identified.
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