At least 54 people arrested after chaotic Spring Break event on Georgia beach saw rowdy beachgoers brawl and leave piles of garbage to wash into the ocean

Police have arrested 54 people after an annual event which saw chaotic scenes unfold on a Georgia beach when women began brawling. 

This year's Orange Crush gathering drew more than 6,000 people to Tybee Island where rowdy spring-breakers inflicted an estimated $220,000 of costs on the community, including for damage and clean-up. 

On top of the arrest count, officials also issued 116 citations to attendees and recovered three stolen firearms, as well as a stolen vehicle. 

Before the event commenced, Tybee Island Police swelled their ranks with more than 100 law enforcement officers from the Georgia State Police, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and other local police departments.

They did this in a bid to prevent the kind of chaos that characterized the previous Orange Crush event, for which more than 100,000 partiers descended on the three-mile island. 

This year's Orange Crush event, which saw a huge brawl erupt on the beach's boardwalk (pictured) resulted in 54 arrests and 116 citations

During the spring-break event, Tybee Island's beach, the largest public beach in Georgia, was littered will all sorts of trash, which was later picked up by volunteers and lifeguards

For this year's event, the small resort town refused to rent out the pier's pavilion, where many of the unruly and troublesome partiers gathered last year. Authorities also locked down the pier and used it as a kind of command post for law enforcement.  But despite the city's best efforts, violence still flared up on Saturday.

At one point during the boisterous party, which is part of a spring-break tradition created by students from Savannah State University more than 30 years ago, a vicious fight broke out on the beach's boardwalk.

A video captured the shocking melee, during which several women - some of whom were topless - could be seen violently punching and thrashing one another.

The disturbing footage showed the women pummeling one another while other revelers flank the boardwalk's length and cheer the fighters. 

Amid the brawl, some of the women had their tops pulled down or pushed out of place. 

Some of the women stopped fighting and attempted to clothe themselves. Another woman, in a green swimsuit, could be seen continuing to fight, even after her breasts were revealed.

During the Orange Crush, the length of the beach was strewn with litter, much of which was ultimately washed into the ocean

The Orange Crush event inflicted an estimated $220,000-worth of costs on the small resort town of Tybee Island

In one horrific moment, a shorter woman with fire-orange hair pulled another woman down to the ground by her hair and then started beating her before being pulled away by other women.

Later in the video, the same woman with orange hair threw a punch at a woman in a green bikini that was so violent it momentarily snapped the other woman's head back.

Throughout the nearly two-and-a-half-minute long video, men and women applaud and shout enthusiastically as the women on the boardwalk exchange blows.

Despite the violence on display, state and local officials insisted that the event was a calm and orderly.

While the event was underway on Saturday, Major Bob Holley of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said: 'The behavior has been pretty good today.'

Orange Crush happens annually. This year, 6,000 attendees descended on Tybee Island for their spring-break bash. During the event, police recovered three stolen firearms, as well as a stolen vehicle

The Orange Crush occurs every year and is predominantly composed of college students. At last year's party, 100,000 partiers descended on the three-mile island, taxing the small town's resources. To prevent a repeat of last year, the Tybee Island police was shored up with officers from other departments

Tybee Island lifeguards and some Orange Crush attendees gathered on the beach Sunday morning to begin cleaning up the beach, which was trashed during the event

Speaking with WSAV, Holley said: 'We’ve responded to a few medical calls with the Tybee medical authorities and that’s pretty much the extent of what we’ve done today.'

Tybee Island's mayor, Brian West, adopted a similar tone when speaking with WTOC11 on Monday. 

West told the outlet that the weekend was a pleasant experience and that it drew a tamer crowd to the 3-mile-long island.

'I feel like we had the true student body, you know, this year. And it was a pleasant experience for us here on Tybee.'

A video uploaded to TikTok during the event documented the vast amount of trash that had been strewn along Tybee Island's beach- Georgia's largest public beach.

In the video, empty beer cans and liquor bottles, as well as other debris, stretched along the sand and were washed into the ocean. 

The video elicited angry responses from some viewers as one commenter wrote: 'Wow, it's not hard to use the trashcan.'

And another person offered this stern rebuke: 'If you can't respect the beach, stay away from the beach.'

On Sunday morning, the day after the event, members of Tybee Island Ocean Rescue and some Orange Crush attendees gathered along the beach, where they worked together to pick up the trash left by the partiers.

The clean-up ended up lasting longer than anticipated, beginning Sunday morning and ending Monday 

After the clean-up finished, the Tybee Island Ocean Rescue shared on Facebook that they had removed 10+ cartloads of trash from the shoreline

But the lifeguards and the attendees had their work cut out for them and the clean-up continued into Monday.

Tybee Island Ocean Rescue posted a message to their Facebook that thanked 'everyone who helped the Ocean Rescue lifeguards pick up trash yesterday afternoon!'

According to the post, the lifeguards and volunteers removed enough trash from the shoreline to fill ten all-terrain vehicles.

But even after their strenuous work, with high tide sweeping in at 6:54 pm, much of the trash was washed away into the sea.