Amazing video shows the moment a pod of playful dolphins were caught swimming alongside a lifeboat of an English coastline.

The footage, which was captured in Whitby, North Yorks,. shows the adorable animals leaping from the water as they swim near the RNLI lifeboat.

Leaping from the water, the group appeared to be in a playful mood as they stuck close to the boat as it entered the town's harbour walls.

Paul Wilson, who captured the moment on camera, said seeing the marine mammals 'was amazing.'