Woman’s body pulled from water off Buchans Point Beach at Palm Cove in Cairns

A woman’s body has been pulled from the water at a popular Cairns beach on Friday morning.

She had failed to resurface from the water near the Palm Cove jetty, with her body found off an adjacent beach hours later.

The woman, who is yet to be formally identified, entered the water near the jetty about 2.25am, Queensland Police said.

Water Police, Surf Life Saving and local police began searching soon after receiving reports the woman had failed to resurface.

Surf Life Saving Queensland volunteers found her body at Buchans Point Beach, the beach immediately northwest of the area she went missing, at 7.15am.

The death is not being treated as suspicious.

Investigations are ongoing and a report will be prepared for the coroner.