Kiwi freediver William Trubridge, on Thursday morning, broke his own world record of freeediving by reaching a depth of 102m on single breath at Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas. His previous record for the deepest unassisted dive was of 101m.

For Trubridge, 36, this victory comes as “a huge sense of relief and elation” after a failed attempt in December 2014, where he fell short of setting a record by a mere 10m.

"It's been over two years in the making. To get this record now is a dream," Trubridge said while speaking to TVNZ's Breakfast on July 21.

His parents shook their head in disbelief at his achievement and said that they were “overjoyed".

Trubridge expressed that for once he doubted if he would be able to make it this time or not and thought that he was too far from the surface. But pushing through the negative thoughts, he soon managed to calm himself and completed the challenge in 4 min 13 sec without any issues or using any assistance.

This is Trubridge's 18th record. In his two most recent records he dived back-to-back at the same location, during which he went 122m down using a rope.