Instead, off-duty St Kilda surf life-saver David Daniels found himself involved in two rescues at Brighton Beach yesterday.
He had just finished surfing about 2.30pm when a woman on the beach waved him over.
Three children were on a rock out in the water and looked as if they needed assistance.
The beach was unpatrolled, so he headed back out, and found one of the children needed help.
"There’s a pretty bad rip beside the rock. There was a fair bit of current," he said.
He got the girl on to his surfboard and paddled around the rip and back to shore.
"She was OK; she was happy to get back."
Shortly afterwards, he was back with his family on shore when a small boat flipped in the water.
He headed straight back out to help.
Nobody appeared to be injured, and a large group of people helped get the boat out of the water.
