This is the tense moment a free diver had a close encounter and nearly collided - with a baby whale.
Mitch Brown, 27, and his girlfriend Yanna Xian, 24, were swimming on a whale boat tour when they were approached by a baby humpback.
The curious two-week-old calf swam right up close to Yanna before descending into the sea.
But because of its massive size, and the movement of the water, it nearly pulled her with it, forcing Yanna to frantically swim upwards to keep herself from descending.
Mitch, from Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, said: "Whales had been almost that close to us before, but they always had a clear sense of direction which was almost always away from us.
"This one may have not seen Yanna which is why it reared it’s head before touching her.
"As it was swimming away was the time I realized we had just created a life memory.
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