Kate Ferdinand and Tia Swim with Sharks in Portugal

and her stepdaughter Tia faced their fears on Tuesday as they swam with sharks on their Portugal trip.

Kate, 34, and former footballer Rio, 47, have been enjoying the Portuguese sunshine after fleeing amid the current conflict in the Middle East.

In an update to fans on Tuesday, Kate revealed how she and Tia, 14, would be facing their fears by submerging themselves with sharks.

Sharing a clip on her Instagram stories as they observed the ocean predators, Kate said to fans: 'Are Tia and I brave enough to get in?'

It turns out the duo were, as they shared eye-grabbing footage of them under the clear blue water.

Both women could be seen swimming close to each other as the intrigued sharks swam around them.

Kate captioned the clip: 'We done it! Tia was much braver than me, I was terrified.' 

Kate and Rio also

The Daily Mail previously revealed that former TOWIE star Kate and husband Rio, 47, .

Kate and Rio  

Last month, Rio posted a picture of himself bare-chested on his socials, sipping a bottle of Portuguese Super Bock beer on a sun-kissed terrace.

He wrote: 'That feeling when Liverpool + Chelsea drop points in the race for the top 4'.

The ex-Old Trafford and England legend added two clinking beer glass emojis before signing off saying: 'Happy Saturday people!'

The selfie was taken at the villa the star owns on the Algarve near Quinta do Lago where he runs summer football camps, and where he and Kate spent last summer on holiday with their children.

The couple made the move to Dubai with his daughter Tia, 13, and their two children together son Cree and daughter Shae.

Rio's - who quit as a pundit for TNT last year - two older sons, Lorenz and Tate remained in the UK.

Shortly after they upped sticks, Kate wrote how she was pining for the UK and wrote: 'I am enjoying it, but I miss home quite a lot.

'I get upset. I miss the big boys a lot and I'm just struggling with that. I know this decision is right for my younger children and as a family we are settled there, but the boys are following their football careers.

'So, they're doing what they want to do otherwise they'd be with us. But it's very hard because we've been through so much as a family and we've always been together and that's a huge adjustment.' 

Then earlier this month, speaking about living in Dubai during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, she said: 'The kids have shorter days, my children are going to school from 8.45am and they get picked up at 1pm, so like they're doing half days.

'Everything changes, I like the energy, it's quite calming – not when the kids come back at 1pm by the way – it's just something that I've not experienced before.

'It's a different vibe and I feel like living in a country with different religions and so many different cultures, you learn so much and pick up so much.

'My children are learning things that they wouldn't… they might learn it in the UK, but they wouldn't actively be living it. That's something that I really love about Dubai.'