Sightings Blog

Happy Easter everyone, and what a beautiful Easter Sunday it was out on the water. Apart from a squally shower first thing we have had sunshine all day, though the leftover swell from last night’s wind meant we shorted the morning trip to two hours rather than three. This meant we could stay in the…

We had a Bay Discovery followed by an Ocean Discovery  trip today. It was cold, but bright with a good breeze for sailing especially in the morning. Again there were lots of seals hauled out on the island including the female we have seen for a few years now – she is the one with…

We went out orca hunting today after we heard that the old bull killer whales John Coe and Aquarius were off the south coast and possibly heading west into Mount’s Bay. Sadly we were only on a two hour trip and they were beyond the scope of our search, though maybe they’ll come by tomorrow?…

It was the first trip of the 2026 season today. Given the screaming wind of the previous two days, sea conditions out there were actually great. It was very cold though! There were several seals hauled out on the island including a couple of juveniles, some adult males and Kelp the female is back after…

  Give Memories, Not Landfill. At this time of year it’s all too easy to feel the pressure to buy something—anything—to wrap up and hand over. But so many of those impulse buys bring only a moment of amusement before they’re forgotten, thrown away, and left to sit in landfill for decades. Slowly, silently, they…

All Cards It MIGHT have been the end of the season today, however we’re not sure yet! It started very mizzly and murky but cleared up ever so slowly and the sun came out for the afternoon trip. This morning we found some common dolphins which gave everyone a lovely encounter as we sailed quietly…

We had a three hour followed by a two hour trip today. It was still fairly windy and choppy which made searching conditions difficult. However this morning we had some great views of leaping bluefin tuna as well as gannets, kittiwakes and lots of grey seals. During the afternoon’s Bay Discovery there were even more…

We managed to get both our morning and afternoon trips in today, despite the questionable forecast. This morning on the Bay Discovery the birds were clearly feeding over bluefin tuna, but the tuna weren’t showing themselves particularly and neither were the porpoises which were doing the same thing. There were lots of seals hauled out…

We had a Discovery Voyage trip this morning which is quite late in the year for us to be running this four hour trip. It was a cracker of a morning, starting clear and calm with a hint of low sunshine. Quite soon after leaving the harbour we started picking up fins in the distance,…

Similar conditions to two days ago with a gloomy grey sky and choppy easterly sea, but the wildlife was more forthcoming. We went a bit further east this time, and as we sailed past a few gannets peering down at the sea, they started to dive. Then porpoise fins started rushing through the waves, and…

It was a tricky day with low grey light, and a brisk easterly wind which made things pretty choppy. We had a fast sail though! Seabirds were mainly loosely scattered with no focused feeding going on. The Manx shearwaters have all gone now, leaving the gannets, guillemots and razorbills. Some distant dark looking waders with…

It was a very tuna-jumping type of day today! We started with an Ocean Discovery tour, heading south and quickly finding tuna feeding beneath gannets. As we continued offshore, more tuna breaches appeared—some very close to the boat—followed by a decent-sized group of porpoises also foraging. On both trips, the seals were moaning and groaning…