Humpback whales flying

All photos: Splash/All Over Press WILDLIFE photographer Jon Cornforth was leading a group of swimmers near a secret whale hotspot off the coast of the Ha'apai Islands of Tonga when he came within metres of a friendly mother and her five-metre baby.

All photos: Splash/All Over Press WILDLIFE photographer Jon Cornforth was leading a group of swimmers near a secret whale hotspot off the coast of the Ha'apai Islands of Tonga when he came within metres of a friendly mother and her five-metre baby.

All photos: Splash/All Over Press WILDLIFE photographer Jon Cornforth was leading a group of swimmers near a secret whale hotspot off the coast of the Ha'apai Islands of Tonga when he came within metres of a friendly mother and her five-metre baby.

All photos: Splash/All Over Press WILDLIFE photographer Jon Cornforth was leading a group of swimmers near a secret whale hotspot off the coast of the Ha'apai Islands of Tonga when he came within metres of a friendly mother and her five-metre baby.

All photos: Splash/All Over Press WILDLIFE photographer Jon Cornforth was leading a group of swimmers near a secret whale hotspot off the coast of the Ha'apai Islands of Tonga when he came within metres of a friendly mother and her five-metre baby.

All photos: Splash/All Over Press WILDLIFE photographer Jon Cornforth was leading a group of swimmers near a secret whale hotspot off the coast of the Ha'apai Islands of Tonga when he came within metres of a friendly mother and her five-metre baby.

All photos: Splash/All Over Press WILDLIFE photographer Jon Cornforth was leading a group of swimmers near a secret whale hotspot off the coast of the Ha'apai Islands of Tonga when he came within metres of a friendly mother and her five-metre baby.

All photos: Splash/All Over Press WILDLIFE photographer Jon Cornforth was leading a group of swimmers near a secret whale hotspot off the coast of the Ha'apai Islands of Tonga when he came within metres of a friendly mother and her five-metre baby.

X