Most underwater Santas
Last updated: November 12, 2017 at 22:06 pm
188 – On December 13, 2015, 188 divers clad in Santa Claus outfits dove simultaneously at Vobster Quay (UK) to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
SOURCE:
Vobster Quay Inland Diving Centre
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Jeffrey Gallant is the Editor-in-Chief and Records Keeper of the Diving Almanac. He is also a contributing editor of DIVER Magazine, and the scientific director of the Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEERG). Jeffrey started diving in 1982.