A 40-TON whale leaps fully out of the sea, feet from a boat of stunned tourists.

Yorkshire expat John Goodridge, 54, snapped the astonishing show by a pod of humpbacks on a sealife-watching trip out of Sydney, Australia.

The mesmerising show of confident whales lurching themselves out of the water just feet from tour boats was the best he had seen this season.

He said: "It was a a full 10/10 morning with the gorgeous humpback whales."

“Two adult whales swam around our boats for over one hour.

"They pulled out every trick in the book.

“Multiple close breaches, double breaching, double pec slapping and head lunging.

“When 40 tonnes of adult humpback whale launches out of the water it is truly breathtaking.

"It was absolutely amazing."

Australia’s eastern coastline comes alive each year between April and November.

Pods of humpback whales make the 10,000km (6214 miles) journey from Antarctica to Australia to mate.

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