Divers Break World Record With Ocean Clean-Up

The 633-strong team of divers earned themselves a place in the record books by forming the largest mass underwater cleanup on Saturday.

"The last record took 24 hours and we did it in two hours, so it's amazing."

The 'last record' Pavel referred to belonged to the 614 divers, led by AhmedGabr, who jumped into the Red Sea to perform a clean-up in 2015 and claim the record... until now.

On Saturday, Guinness officiator MichaelEmpricarrived from New York to oversee the attempt and carry out a headcount.

Speaking to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, he explained:"I actually stood there and clicked off everyone as they got in the water... so we know immediately whether or not the record's been broken."

The divers entered the waters in groups and had to stay under the water for at least 15 minutes to meet the record's requirements, which they did.

Among the divers was13-year-old Dahlia Bolin, who arrived from Illinois with her mum Rebecca to takepart.

Describing one of her underwater finds - a metal sign with the words, 'boats must not come within 100 yards of pier' on - she said: "It was at the end of the pier about 20 feet down, just kind of buried in the sand. There's a lot of heavy weights for fishing line down there, but there's some really beautiful fish, mostly."

The weight of the rubbish cleared from the sea floor has not yet been revealed, however, the news outlet reports that a whopping 725kg of lead fishing weights was removed from the water.

Well done, guys.