Footage taken from a drone captured the moment an Uber driver got caught in the rising tide.

The taxi - which eventually made it to safe ground - is filmed as it becomes completely swamped with water whilst driving through a causeway.

At one point, his passengers were forced wade through the water by foot - including a monk who waved at the camera.

The Uber driver braves the flooded causeway across the River Tyne, pictured, towards the mainland

Meanwhile a man who appears to be a monk is spotted waving at the drone filming the incident

Eventually, RNLI rescuers pull up in a lifeboat to assist the stranded people.

The incident happened in the River Tyne as the driver was returning from Holy Island back to the UK mainland.

Holy Island causeway has designated safe crossing times because, at certain points of the day, high tide comes and completely covers the road.

Mark Bradshaw, 41, from Seaton Burn, Tyne and Wear, caught the incident on his drone camera and said he'd 'never seen anything as ridiculous as that' in his life.

The car is then trapped by the tide and its passengers are forced to wade out into the water (pictured)

Eventually the Uber driver and its passengers, pictured, were rescued by an RNLI boat

Mr Bradshaw, who was in the military for 24 years, told the Daily Mirror: ‘I went out to Holy Island with a friend to take footage of the castle.

‘We saw the vehicle coming over from the island side. It was very brave of him and I decided to film him.'