The Rice family are real water babies – and we don't mean splashing around in their local overcrowded leisure centre every Saturday.
British underwater camera operator Darren Rice, his wife Nina and their three children, JJ, nine, Abbie, eight and Lily, six, oversee the Matafonua resort in Tonga. And it's there that the five of them mingle with humpback whales in water 500m deep.
Speaking about the family's swimming sessions, Darren insisted they were perfectly safe, telling Barcroft Media:
"The whales are very gentle and accommodating. I have noted over the years that they enjoy interacting with children, especially the mothers with young babies of their own. There is no danger.
"As a resort we specialise in taking people out everyday during the season to swim with the whales. We are one of the few places in the world where this is permitted.
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"They have been here several times with newborn babies," Darren added. "They particularly enjoy the children's company.
"Last year Geraldine kept pushing her new baby boy over toward the children encouraging him to interact. We see lots of the same whales every year.
"Mothers with newborns tend to visit the same nursery areas to give birth and to nurse."
But Darren and his children are careful to give the mammals their much-needed space, saying:
"We always maintain a safe distance from the whales not because they are a threat but the babies often only weeks old can be very clumsy and when a five tonne baby gets clumsy you don't want to be nearby."
You don't say!