Rescuers found four Italian divers' bodies deep inside a Maldives underwater cave days after they vanished during a dive far beyond recreational limits.

The Maldives and Italy’s Foreign Ministry say rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll.

Expert divers from Finland spotted the four remaining bodies on Monday inside the cave's third and last chamber, "pretty much together," Shareef said.