WATCH: Dramatic moment police save drowning kangaroo from rough swell

Police have saved a kangaroo from drowning on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.

Footage shows the kangaroo bounding into the water at Safety Beach and getting into difficulty in the swell and breaking waves.

Police officers rushed to the scene at about 5pm and dragged the struggling roo out of the water.

"There was no conversation at all, we both knew that's what needed to be done so we just got to it," one of the rescuers, Sergeant Russo, said.

A kangaroo has been rescued from the water at Safety Beach by police. Photo / Victoria Police

They carried the unconscious kangaroo on to land before resuscitating it.

The officers drag the roo to safety. Photo / Victoria Police

"There was no conversation at all, we both knew that's what needed to be done so we just got to it," Russo said.

"The public had called for help, a number of agencies came to assist with a kangaroo on the beach. The kangaroo had been out in the water and was quite distressed.

"Kangas can swim but they're not particularly good at it.

"He'd aspirated and was in the middle of drowning, if we hadn't have acted within the next 30 seconds, it might have been a different story."

The kangaroo, bedraggled but alive. Photo / Victoria Police

A local wildlife centre is now looking after the kangaroo.

The roo is understood to be in good spirits.