A RARE sighting of 30 dolphins performing incredible tricks and huge jumps has been captured on camera just a few hundred feet off the English coast.

    The large pod of dolphins can be seen swimming in synchronization and leaping over heights of 10 feet (3 meters) in the air together.

    Spectators on the boat were stunned as the playful dolphins swam up to them and started entertaining them — and carried on playing for them for two hours.

    The pod of acrobatic dolphins were keen on impressing and at their closest to the shore were just 650 feet away from the beach in Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

    Incredible footage of the “amazing experience” captured by student Daisy Blake, 18, from Ventnor, shows the bottlenose dolphins performing jumps and somersaults for spectators.

    Husband and wife Sean and Lucy Strevens were out on their boat with the other spectators when the dolphins approached them to play.

    Sean, 51, and Lucy, 33, live in Ventnor together and were stunned to see so many of them so close to shore.

    Boat designer, Sean, said, “It was a great experience, I’ve been fishing in that area for 13 years so to see that many was amazing.

    “It was unexpected, too, it’s so rare to see a big group like that. It makes it that much more special when you do because you know it doesn’t happen often.

    “The boat we were on is ours, the dolphins really enjoyed the attention we were giving them.

    “They weren’t in a rush to go anywhere and they were just happy to perform for us.”

    Also on the boat was Jamie Bowden, 59, who said he has spent his life traveling the world but has never been so close to so many dolphins.

    (SD-Agencies)