Hulk Hogan is coping with his divorce battle by going on vacation with new girlfriend Jennifer McDaniel.

The former wrestling champion - whose 46-year-old wife Linda Bollea filed for divorce last November - looked "very happy" as he swam in the sea with Jennifer in Miami Beach, Florida.

A source close to the 54-year-old star, real name Terry Bollea, said: "He's very happy. He just seems very happy. His mood has changed. He's in a better place."

"I hear she's very sweet and nice and a very good influence on him."

Hulk - who first met Jennifer at the beginning of the year- has been accompanied by the blonde beauty to various events. After going to the New Orleans Mardi Gras earlier this year, Hulk and Jennifer were in Los Angeles last week to film an advert for NBC.

Hulk has two children - 19-year-old Brooke and 17-year-old Nick - from his relationship with Linda, but daughter Brooke stopped speaking to him after discovering he had been in a relationship with her 33-year-old friend Christiane Plante.