A dramatic video has emerged of a humpback whale charging at a diver off the coast of Réunion island.

The footage was captured by a group of divers who came across the mother and her calf on a whale watching excursion late last month.

The protective mother whale suddenly rushes towards one of the divers causing him to panic and swim to safety.

Every year humpback whales migrate from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean to mate and give birth in warmer waters.

A dramatic video has emerged of a humpback whale charging at a diver off the coast of Réunion island.

The footage was captured by a group of divers who came across the mother and her calf on a whale watching excursion late last month.

The protective mother whale suddenly rushes towards one of the divers causing him to panic and swim to safety.

Every year humpback whales migrate from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean to mate and give birth in warmer waters.