Alex Rigby, 27, planned the romantic gesture when he and his girlfriend Debbie Preston, 26, were in Florida for a family wedding this weekend.
The Merseyside woman had always dreamed of swimming with dolphins so Mr Rigby decided to take her to Discovery Cove in Orlando to have a go.
Once she was in the water, she watched in complete shock as a dolphin started swimming towards her as if they were in a film with a buoy that said ‘Debbie, will you marry me?’
Luckily for the blushing groom-to-be, she said yes straight away, sparking celebrations for the family and friends who had joined them.
Mr Rigby didn’t stop there, he then planted a ring on the beach for when his fiancee arrived back on dry land.
“I can’t speak right now.” she gushed shortly afterwards.
“I can plan a wedding. Yeah! Great!”
Mr Rigby, whose wedding proposal has gone viral, admitted he had been planning the proposal for some time, but was never sure how to do it.
“When I decided to do it I thought, Florida… so many options,” he said.
“This is what she’s wanted to do all her life.”
And five-year-old daughter Brooke was over the moon with the news, having managed to keep it secret too.
Looking up at Ms Preston, she said: “Mummy, can I be a bridesmaid?”
Family members joked that “lots of sweets” were needed to ensure Brooke kept the plan under wraps.
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