More wreckage has been found but one body is still missing after a light plane plummeted into the water near Barwon Heads on Friday, killing three people.
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A fourth body is yet to be located amongst the debris as Water Police search an exclusion zone about four kilometres off shore between Point Lonsdale and Barwon Heads.
Police believe the engine block, prop and part of the fuselage of the doomed Piper Cherokee aircraft have been found, however divers are waiting for better weather before exploring the wreck.
Access has been restricted to the site, with police believing that the body may be trapped in the wreckage on the ocean floor.
Daniel Flinn, 55, Donald Hateley, 68, and Ian Chamberlain and his partner Dianne Bradley, both in their 60s, were on board the plane which was flying from from Moorabbin Airport to King Island.
Three bodies were found not long after the plane plunged into the surf just after midday last Friday, however police are still trying to find a male body.
Most of the plane's debris has already washed ashore since the crash, including a document which may hold clues to why the plane went down.
Inspector Graham Banks said on Tuesday that the wreckage was thought to be about 30 metres down in a 500-metre by 500-metre search area.
At the time he said it was not clear if the fuselage would be pulled out of the water when found.
"That will depend on the state it is in and where it is positioned. It's ultimately a decision for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau," Inspector Banks said.
