Seven pupils from St Martin Primary School in Kahuro, Murang’a, drowned Wednesday while swimming at Pavilion beach in Diani Kwale County.
Officials from the Kenya Red Cross and divers retrieved the seven bodies Wednesday evening.
The pupils drowned when they went swimming in the sea close to the Bidi Badu Beach Bar at the Diani seafront.
The pupils, aged between 13 and 15, were on a tour of the Coast as awaited to sit their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination later in November.
Kwale County Commissioner Evans Achoki said the last three bodies were retrieved at around 10pm.
They were taken to Msambweni Hospital mortuary.
Kenya Red Cross called off search at 11pm.