Rob Stewart's parents update on the search for Rob

"Unfortunately it is with a heavy heart that I share Rob has been found. We are deeply saddened but take comfort that he passed while doing what he loved," family spokeswoman Victoria Gormley wrote, according to Canadian broadcaster CBC.

The Coast Guard says it searched a 5,500 sq mile area (14,244 sq km).

Mr Stewart briefly surfaced and then disappeared while diving with friends near the Florida Keys.

He was diving about six miles off the coast of Islamorada, according to his friends.

The parents of missing "Revolution" and “Sharkwater” director Rob Stewart had given an update on the continued search for their son who went missing off the Florida Keys during a dive on Tuesday evening His body was found by Coast Guard on friday at 7pm.