Man in his 50s drowns while swimming off Brighton beach A man has drowned off Brighton Beach after an ill-fated summer swim today. File picture: Ben Swinnerton Source: Herald Sun The police at Brighton Beach after being called to the scene of a man's drowning this afternoon. Picture: Twitter/@tommysuff Source: Supplied A MIDDLE-AGED man has drowned off Brighton Beach after getting into difficulties during a lone swim today. The victim, aged in his 50s, had been swimming alone at the beach at about 12.15pm. He was spotted about 30m off shore by passers-by who called police. The man was pulled from the water, but police and paramedics were unable to revive him. He was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.