A dolphin has been filmed leaping through the air and landing on a surfer on the Gold Coast.

Experienced surfer Sam Yoon was out in the waters off Duranbah when a pod of dolphins approached him this week.

One of the dolphin was captured on video leaping through the air before landing on top of Mr Yoon's surfboard.

"You see that, he landed on my head, shoulder and back," Mr Yoon told 9NEWS.

In the video, the dolphin can be seen flipping his body to the right just before landing on Mr Yoon, in what appears to be a last second effort to avoid the surfer.

"I knew that he realised he's got to do something too, and I was like no way I can get away from this," he said.

"After it happened, you know what, they communicated to each other that every time I'm paddling they coming, they supposed to jump, they would be getting away from me."

Mr Yoon said he wasn't left injured or shaken in the incident, but was delighted that he had a tale to tell of his adventure.