Ignoring our goosebumps as we sit at the back with our flippers in the water, the only sounds are the water lapping against the side, the soft whirr of the engine and the faint, scratchy shhhhhhh ...

ANGELA Saurine swims with humpback whales during a trip with Whaleswim Adventures in Tonga. Ignoring our goosebumps as we sit at the back with our flippers in the water, the only sounds are the ...

Tonga is one of the few places where you can legally join the world's largest mammals in the water. Paul Raffaele reports 'Get into the water now, the whales are coming to see us," cries Ongo ...

Swimming with humpback whales off Tonga. Southern ‘gentle giants’ summer in tropical seas. Mike Grenby Nov 19, 2018 8:58 AM. Share by Email. Share on Facebook. Share on X. Share on LinkedIn.

For most people, swimming with whales is simply a dream, but the three Rice children have grown up alongside the majestic marine mammals, spending time with them in water just 500m deep.

A humpback whale breaches the surface of the water in Tonga. Photo / Thinkstock Abby Gillies dives into the world of the humpback whale, in the blue seas surrounding Tonga. Some cry, some become ...

In 2016, I went to Tonga to swim with humpback whales for this magazine, a peak life experience. (And, yes, I am angling for the title of Chief Whale Correspondent.) ...

Allan Bowe pioneered swimming with whales in Tonga with Whale Watch Vava’u in 1993. He quickly learned that the humpbacks didn’t like the noise a scuba diver makes while breathing underwater.

For the first time in Australia, a new whale-swimming experience offers the chance to swim with the southern humpback whales that migrate north from Antarctica each winter.