An amazing video has emerged of a pod of five humpback whales approaching a boat off the coast of Manly, Sydney.

The footage, shot in September 2016, captures the moment five whales believed to be adolescent males surface next to excited whale watchers.

"We spotted whales breaching in the distance and as we approached the whales were just as excited to see us as we were to see them!" the filmer wrote online.

According to him, Blake Horton, owner of Manly Ocean adventures, said: "I've been leading tours for four years and never had an experience like this one".

On Monday 5th September we went out on a small rib boat just off the coast of Manly, NSW. We spotted whales breaching in the distance and as we approached the whales were just as excited to see us as we were to see them!

The experience was only supposed to last two hours but this went on for over three with the humpbacks and passengers getting more excited with each passing minute.

There were 5 humpback whales surrounding the boat, we assumed all of them to be adolescent males, they got so close you could almost touch them!

Blake Horton, owner of Manly Ocean adventures, said:
"I've been leading tours for four years and never had an experience like this one"

The fact there were only 6 of us on a boat that could hold up to 25 people made this experience even more special. This will be a day I will never forget!