Three humpback whales have been filmed leaping from the water in unison, offering a spectacular birthday show for a father-of-three.

The extremely uncommon synchronised triple breach was caught on video by Robert Addie, who described the "whale ballet" as "pure joy".

The builder from New Hampshire had beforehand spent many years at sea as a industrial fisherman in Massachusetts and Alaska, throughout which period he had seen hundreds of whales.

But he had by no means witnessed something like Monday's whale encounter on a tuna fishing journey off Cape Cod.

The tour together with his three daughters was to rejoice his 59th birthday and to mark his protected return from a humanitarian help journey to Ukraine the place he had come below heavy artillery hearth.

During the fishing journey, he was making an attempt to movie some humpback whales about 300 yards from their boat however was having no luck, till the breathtaking coordinated show.

Mr Addie stated: "You can hear my daughter in the video saying, 'Oh, please tell me you got that on video'.

"Just pure pleasure as a result of we may hear them too. You may hear that massive stomach flop. And then they had been speaking.

"It was such an uplifting factor to see. Just unbelievable. Just an actual present.

"A triple breach is unheard of and a synchronised triple breach is even rarer.

"It's as soon as in a lifetime. Just very lucky. I really feel God shined down on me to permit me to to seize that."

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To add to the excitement, seconds after the three whales breached and twisted through the air, a younger whale did the same thing.

Whale specialists later informed Mr Addie the aerial manoeuvres might have been an try to take away parasites or help digestion.

He believes they could have been "teaching or training" the youthful whale.

Mr Addie added: "Even some of the whale experts that have reached out to me, they're all jealous because they've never seen it."