Paddle boarders rescued after being swept more than 10km across Port Phillip Bay in three-hour ordeal

Pair say they were exhausted, very shaken and feel so lucky' after being spotted by air wing officers late on Christmas Day

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Two paddle boarders who were rescued after being swept more than 10km across Victoria's Port Phillip Bay on Christmas Day say they are exhausted and shaken but grateful to have survived.

Victoria police said the pair set out from Portarlington on the Bellarine peninsula about 3pm on Thursday but drifted out into the bay when conditions deteriorated and were swept all the way to Wyndham harbour in Melbourne's outer west.