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A search continued until close to midnight on Saturday and resumed again early in Sunday for a snorkeller who went missing near the pier on Altona beach.
The snorkeller, a 20-year-old woman from Ashwood in Melbourne’s east, was in the water with friends near Altona pier when she disappeared from view on Saturday.
Police searched the water off Altona beach on Saturday afternoon.
Credit:Chris Hopkins
The alarm was raised around 11.15am Saturday, a Victoria Police spokesman said.
Water police and specialist divers scoured the water on Saturday afternoon. A police helicopter was also on the scene.
Police airwing wrapped up the search just before midnight and resumed at about 7.30am on Sunday.